In January-April 2025, mining enterprises of Ukraine reduced exports of iron ore in physical terms by 10.2% compared to the same period last year to 11 million 147.338 thousand tons from 12 million 409.852 thousand tons. This is stated in the data of the State Customs Service.
According to statistics, during this period, foreign exchange earnings from the export of iron ore decreased by 21% to $892.987 million from $1 billion 128.545 million.
Iron ore exports were mainly to China (46.69% of shipments in monetary terms), Slovakia (16.41%) and Poland (16.22%).
In January-April 2025, Ukraine imported iron ore worth $46 thousand in 65 tons from the Netherlands (46.67%), Norway (28.89%) and Italy (24.44%), while in the same period last year it imported 252 tons worth $72 thousand.



