In January of this year, Ukrainian enterprises reduced exports of ferrous scrap by 8.5% compared to the same period last year, to 15,696 thousand tons from 17,160 thousand tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (GMS), 31,612 thousand tons of scrap were exported in December 2024, 34,608 thousand tons in November, and 24,549 thousand tons in October.
In monetary terms, scrap metal exports in January decreased by 13.2% to $4.406 million from $5.078 million.
In January-2025, scrap metal exports were mainly to Poland (96.57% of shipments in monetary terms) and Germany (3.43%).
In the first month of the year, it imported 3 tons of scrap metal worth $1,000 from the British Virgin Islands.
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. In 2024, scrap metal exports were mainly to Poland (81.80%), Greece (13.75%) and Germany (3.19%).
Last year, the country imported 104 tons of scrap metal worth $110 thousand, while in 2023 1,075 thousand tons worth $411 thousand were imported, mainly from Turkey (64.55% in monetary terms), the British Virgin Islands (16.36%) and Panama (8.18%).
