the consumption of rolled metal products in Ukraine increased by 12%
In January-June of this year, Ukrainian enterprises increased their consumption of rolled metal by 11.65% compared to the same period last year, to 1 million 938.7 thousand tons.
According to a press release issued by Ukrmetallurgprom on Friday, 716.7 thousand tons were imported during this period, or 36.97% of the domestic rolled metal consumption market.
According to Ukrmetallurgprom, in the first six months of 2025, metal enterprises produced 3.070 million tons of rolled metal (97.8% compared to the same period in 2024), of which, according to the State Customs Service of Ukraine, about 1.848 million tons, or 60.2%, were exported. In January-June 2024, the share of exports was 63.6% (1,996 million tons with a total production of 3,140 million tons of rolled metal).
The share of semi-finished products in exports in January-June 2025 is 30.90%, which is significantly lower than in January-June 2024 (45.39%). The share of flat rolled products in export shipments in January-June 2025 is significantly higher than in January-June 2024 (46.81% and 41.73%, respectively). The share of long products is also significantly higher than in January-May 2024 (22.29% in 2025 versus 12.88% in 2024).
The import structure in January-June 2025 is still characterized by a significant dominance of flat rolled products over long products (77.31% and 20.96%, respectively); in January-June 2024, the dominance of flat rolled products over long products was also significant (80.06% and 18.30%, respectively).
"In the first six months of 2025, the capacity of the domestic market was 1938.7 thousand tons of rolled metal, of which 716.7 thousand tons, or 36.97%, accounted for imports. In January-June 2024, the capacity of the domestic market was 1736.4 thousand tons, of which 592.4 thousand tons, or 34.12%, were imported. Thus, in January-June 2025, there was an increase in the capacity of the domestic market relative to January-June 2024 by 11.65%, with a simultaneous increase in the share of the import component by 2.85%," the press release states.
The main export markets of Ukrainian rolled metal for the first six months of 2025, according to the State Customs Service, are the countries of the European Union (83.1%), other Europe (7.5%) and the CIS (6.7%).
Among metallurgical importers in January-May 2025, the first place is occupied by other European countries (57.4%), the second by the EU27 (23.3%), and the third by Asian countries (18.7%).
As reported, the Ukrainian rolled metal market in 2024 decreased by 6.26% compared to the previous year to 3 million 288.4 thousand tons, while in 2023 it increased by 2.19 times compared to 2022 to 3 million 505.6 thousand tons.