In January-March of this year, companies engaged in scrap ferrous metal operations increased the procurement of scrap metal by 28.2% compared to the same period last year, to 931,100 tons. According to the recent data of the Ukrainian Association of Secondary Metals (UAVtormet), exports of scrap metal in January-March-2021 amounted to 49,100 tons, which is 4.3 times more compared to the same period in 2020 (some 11,400 tons).