In January-February of this year, Ukrainian enterprises increased exports of ferrous scrap by 1.55% compared to the same period last year, to 40.980 thousand tons from 40.354 thousand tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (GMS) on Tuesday, 25,284 thousand tons of scrap were exported in February, which was 61% higher than the volume of the previous month (15,696 thousand tons).(2: 6) in monetary terms, scrap metal exports in January-February decreased by 8.4% to $11,816 million from $12,903 million.
The export of scrap metal in the specified period was carried out mainly to Poland (93.24% of shipments in monetary terms), Bulgaria (4.32%) and Germany (2.20%).(2: 6) in the first two months, Ukraine imported 3 tons of scrap metal worth $1 thousand from the British Virgin Islands, deliveries took place in January.
As reported, Ukrainian scrap harvesters in 2024 increased exports of ferrous scrap by 60.7% compared to 2023, to 293,190 thousand tons from 182,465 thousand tons. In monetary terms, scrap metal exports increased by 73.2% over the year to $91.311 million from $52.723 million. Scrap metal exports last year were mainly to Poland (81.80%), Greece (13.75%) and Germany (3.19%).
Last year, Ukraine imported 104 tons of scrap metal worth $110 thousand, mainly from Turkey (64.55% in monetary terms), the British Virgin Islands (16.36%) and Panama (8.18%), while last year 1,075 thousand tons worth $411 thousand were imported into the country.
