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In 2020, Ukraine’s steelmaking companies increased domestic consumption of rolled products by 4.4% to 4.7 million tons against 2019, according to Ukrmetallurgprom citing ETR-Spektr LLC.
The share of imports in the total volume of Ukraine’s rolled products market was 1.23 million tons, or 25.4%. This is 5.2% down from the previous year.
Domestic market for rolled products in 2016–2020, thsd t
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolled products, total, thsd t | 4840 | 5047 | 5394 | 4697,3 | 4903,9 |
| Ukraine-made products, thsd t | 3784 | 3745 | 3952 | 3278 | 3676 |
| Imported products, thsd t | 1056 | 1302 | 1442 | 1419,3 | 1227,9 |
| Imported products, % | 21,8 | 25,8 | 26,7 | 30,2 | 25,4 |
| Domestic market, % | – | 4,3 | 6,9 | -12,9 | 4,4 |
Source: Ukrmetallurgprom
The share of flat products in total imports increased and exceeded that of rolled sections, 55.84% and 42.93% respectively.
The main sources of Ukraine’s imports of rolled products were:
As GMK Center reported earlier, in 2019, Ukraine cut domestic consumption of rolled products by 13.1% to 4.7 million tons against the previous year. The share of imports increased by 1.6% y-o-y.
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