Ukrainian rolled steel imports in 10 months up by 99% YoY

According to the data released by the metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, in the first ten months of 2010 Ukraine’s imports of rolled steel products increased by 98.7% YoY amounting to about 1.18 million tons.

In October Ukraine’s imports of rolled steel products saw a 2.5% decrease compared to September and a 121.6% increase compared to October 2009.
In January to October imports of steel products in Ukraine were as follows:

Products	January-October 2009, t	January-October 2010, t	Change, %
Rebar	47,429	22,443	-52.7
Beam	6,619	11,118	68
Wire rod	5,866	9,482	61.7
Round bar	52,544	116,799	122.3
HR sheet/coil	92,517	221,334	139.2
Galvanized steel	81,886	144,232	76.1
CR sheet	68,664	103,135	50.2
Round billet	187,804	411,691	119.2
Pipe	30,217	37,424	23.8
Angle	3,109	8,621	117.3
Channel	2,204	7,567	243.3
Other	13,061	82,055	528.2
Total	591,921	1,175,902	98.7

(SteelOrbis)
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