KRYVY RIH, Feb. 1 - Arcelor Mittal Kryviy Rih increased net sales by 30.6% to UAH18.8 billion in 2007, Ukraine's biggest steelmaker reported.

Production rose 6% to 7.2 million tons of pig iron, 7.1% to 8.1 million tons of crude steel and 3.8% to 7.1 million tons of commercial rolled products.

Arcelor Mittal Kryviy Rih plans to increase net sales by 15% in 2008 while making the domestic market a priority, the company's economics director, Vitaliy Konopatsky said at a press conference.