Ukraine pig iron exports in August up by 30% MoM

It is reported that in August Ukraine’s pig iron exports increased by about 30% MoM, but went down by 34% YoY to 119,580 tons of which more than 60% were delivered to US. The value of Ukraine’s pig iron export sales in August was up by 17.5% compared to July increasing to $48.51 million.

In January to August this year, Ukraine’s pig iron exports increased by 2.7% YoY to 985,880 tons valued at $393.7 million.

Destination	August 2010, t	July 2010, t	August 2009, t
US	72,180	44,520	-
Italy	20,580	40,470	-
Turkey	17,990	6,140	38,800
Spain	5,000	-	-
UK	2,450	-	-
Poland	1,380	3,810	3,440
Total	119,580	94,950	181,110

(SteelOrbis)
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