KIEV, March 11 - Steel production in Ukraine could fall 19.1% in 2009, to 30 million tons from 37.1 million tons in 2008, Deputy Industrial Policy Minister Serhiy Hryschenko said Tuesday.

The country's steel output could even fall below 30 million tons due to weak demand, Hryschenko said at a press club meeting at Interfax offices on the situation in Ukraine's mining and metals sector. "Everything is determined by orders," he said.