Consumption of rolled products in Ukraine increased by 4% in 2021

In 2021, Ukraine increased domestic consumption of rolled products by 4.14% to 5.12 million tons y-o-y, according to Ukrmetallurgprom citing the V.S.K. Group.

The share of imports in the total volume of Ukraine’s rolled products market accounted for 22.6%, or 1.16 million tons, 2.35% down from the previous year.

The share of flat products in the total imports increased and exceeded the share of rolled sections, 54.2% and 42.5% respectively.

The major sources of Ukraine’s imports of rolled products were:

• CIS — 35.3%,
• EU — 22.1%,
• Asia — 21.9%.

In 2020, Ukraine increased domestic consumption of rolled products by 4.4% to 4.7 million tons against 2019. The share of imports declined by 5.2% y-o-y.