KYIV, Nov 16 – Ukrainian enterprises in January-October of this year increased consumption of rolled metal by 94.51% compared to the same period last year, to 2.904 million tons.

According to a press release from the Ukrmetallurgprom association, during this period 937,500 tons were imported, or 32.29% of the domestic market for rolled metal consumption.

According to Ukrmetallurgprom, in January-October 2023, Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises produced 4.37 million tons of rolled metal (87% compared to the same period in 2022), of which, according to the Expert Scientific Council UAVtormet, exported about 2.4 million tons, or 55.9%. In the same period in 2022, the share of exports reached 79.7% (4 million tons with a total production of rolled metal of 5.02 million tons).