Exports of titanium ores from Ukraine dropped by 91%
In January-April of this year, Ukraine reduced exports of titanium–containing ores and concentrate in physical terms by 91.4% compared to the same period last year, to 277 tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (GMS) on Friday, exports of titanium ores and concentrate decreased by 90.6% in monetary terms, to $496 thousand.
At the same time, the main exports were to Uzbekistan (35.61% of shipments in monetary terms), Turkey (35.01%) and Egypt (29.38%).
In the first 5 months of 2025, Ukraine imported 24 tons of titanium-containing ore worth $39 thousand from China (94.87%, shipments took place in January) and Uzbekistan (5.13%, shipments were in May).
In addition, in 5 months to 2025, Ukraine exported ores and concentrates of niobium, tantalum, vanadium and zirconium in the amount of 1,099 thousand tons worth $1,704 million to Spain (61.22%), Italy (17.65%) and Germany (11.17%). At the same time, the country imported 104 tons of such ores worth $258 thousand from Spain (55.17%), China (28.66%) and the Czech Republic (11.85%).
As reported, in 2024, Ukraine reduced exports of titanium–containing ores in physical terms by 37.5% compared to the previous year to 7,284 thousand tons. In monetary terms, exports of titanium–containing ores and concentrate decreased by 40% to $11.654 million. The main exports were to Turkey (62.82% of shipments in monetary terms), Egypt (7.38%) and Poland (6.93%).
In 2024, Ukraine imported 314 tons of titanium-containing ore worth $492 thousand from China (87.78%), Vietnam (6.11%) and Senegal (also 6.11%).
At the same time, experts pointed to inconsistencies in statistics on exports of titanium-containing ores. However, at the request of the Interfax-Ukraine agency, the State Customs Service of Ukraine (GMS) reported that complete data on the export of titanium raw materials is not provided due to restrictions on the volume of export-import operations with military and dual-use goods, which are reflected in an aggregated form indicating "other goods".
At the same time, it was explained that, in particular, supplies of titanium-containing ores from companies differ from the GMS data.
"We would like to inform you that these supplies are included in statistical exports from Ukraine, but are not reflected in the statistics of foreign trade published by the State Customs Service ( ) in the heading UKTVED 2614"titanium ores and concentrates", taking into account the following ( ) according to the regulations ( ) when protecting data for confidentiality purposes, any information considered confidential, it is reported in full at the next, higher level of aggregation of product data," the HMS explained in a response to the agency.
It was clarified that information on customs clearance and movement of goods subject to export control across the customs border of Ukraine was included in the list of information containing official information in the State Migration Service.,