DNIPROPETROVSK, May 18 - Ukraine increased steel exports tentatively 1.5% year-on-year in January-April to 10.2 million tons, Deputy Industrial Policy Minister Volodymyr Hranovsky said at a meeting with mining and steel sector executives.

However, steel exports in value fell 11.5% to $3.7 billion, reflecting a steep plunge of steel prices on world market, Hranovsky said.