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Ukrainian steel companies shipped 84.33 thousand tons of pig iron to foreign consumers per month

Ukrainian pig iron returned to the US market and rolled products are sold around the world

In March, global pig iron production increased by 4.4% y/y and 3.6% m/m

During the month, Ukrainian steel companies shipped 137.36 thousand tons of pig iron to foreign consumers

During the month, Turkish steelmakers increased the import of Ukrainian pig iron by 69.6% y/y

During the month, Ukrainian steel companies shipped 177.08 thousand tons of pig iron to foreign consumers

During the month, steel production increased by 49.3% m/m, while pig iron production decreased by 8.1% m/m

The volume of pig iron production for the month was 125.2 thousand tons, and steel – 119.4 thousand tons

For the whole of 2022, the volume of pig iron transshipment in the Izmail port amounted to only 8.9 thousand tons

During the month, 112.9 thousand tons of pig iron were produced, of which 104 million tons were produced by the blast furnace method and 8.91 million tons – by DRI method

Pig iron production in the country decreased by 7.9% y/y in January

Pig iron production at the plant for the year amounted to 1.48 million tons