Domestic prices for construction steel rose by 2.5–2.7% in January

In January 2026, prices for rolled metal products for construction purposes in Ukraine increased by 2.5–2.7%. This is evidenced by the dynamics of the consolidated index of prices for rolled metal products for construction purposes of the Ukrainian Steel Construction Center Association.

At the end of the first month of this year, prices for steel products for construction use rose across the board:

• channel bar No. 18 – by 2.7%, to UAH 60.4 thousand per ton;
• hot-rolled sheet 5–14 mm – by 2.6%, to UAH 36.1 thousand per ton;
• angle bar 63×5 – by 2.6%, to UAH 35 thousand per ton;
• profile pipe 100×4 – by 2.6%, to UAH 39.2 thousand per ton;
• round pipe 114×4 – by 2.5%, to UAH 40.2 thousand per ton;
• beam No. 20 – by 2.5%, to UAH 41.2 thousand per tonne.

Prices for metal products largely depend on the level of demand, which has remained low since the beginning of the year. The growth in the volume of construction work performed in Ukraine at the end of 2025 was 12% y/y.

According to Metinvest-SMC estimates, the capacity of the rebar segment in the domestic market of Ukraine in 2025 increased by 14% – to 754 thousand tons. Consumption of beams, angles, and channels increased by 14% – to 180,000 tonnes. The hot-rolled steel segment grew by 12% – to 997,000 tonnes.

Overall, the consumption of metal products on the Ukrainian market (excluding polymer-coated rolled products, seamless pipes, stainless rolled products, and tinplate) grew by 12% y/y in 2025 and amounted to 3.4 million tons.