Ukrainian metallurgical companies could boost flats export by 1 mln t per year, said analytic GMK Center Andrii Glushchenko at the Euro-Turkey-CIS Flat Steel 2019 Conference in Istanbul, Turkey.
Ukraine can boost exports with the production capacity of Ilyich Iron and Steel Works of Mariupol, which produces HRC.
There are three main opportunities to boost flats export from Ukraine, said Glushchenko:
Turkey is one of the most important export markets for Ukrainian flats producers. The HRC covers 90% of Ukrainian flats export to Turkey. In January-September, 2019, the flats consumption in Turkey decreased by 14.3% to 9.7 mln t year-to-year. The flats import reduced by 13.2% to 4,8 mln t.
In 2018, Ukraine raised flats export to 6%. In January-September, 2019, flats export increased by 1%. Hence HRC covered 50%, hot-rolled plate – 30%.
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