Production of rolled metal in Ukraine for 10 months 2021

In January-October 2021, Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises produced 15.99 million tons of rolled metal (105.4% compared to the same period in 2020), of which about 12.63 million tons, or 79.0%, were exported. In the same period of 2020, the share of exports amounted to about 82.9% (12.58 million tons with a total production of 15.17 million tons of rolled metal).

The share of semi-finished products in export deliveries for 10 months of 2021 is 46.17%, which is lower than the indicator for the same period in 2020 (51.03%). The share of flat-rolled products in export deliveries for 10 months of 2021 is noticeably higher than in January-October 2020 (37.86% and 32.08%, respectively). The share of long products in export deliveries for 10 months of 2021 is slightly inferior to the indicator for the same period in 2020 (15.98% in 2021 versus 16.88% in 2020).

In January-October 2021, the capacity of the domestic market amounted to 4323.7 thousand tons of rolled metal, of which 969.7 thousand tons or 22.43% are imports. In the same period of 2020, the capacity of the domestic market was 3620.7 thousand tons, of which 1027.7 thousand tons or 28.38% were imported. Thus, for 10 months of 2021, there is an increase in the capacity of the domestic market in relation to January-October 2020 by 19.42%, with a simultaneous reduction in the share of the import component by 5.96%.

The structure of imports in January-October 2021 is characterized by a significant domination of flat products over long products (54.66% and 42.28%, respectively); in the same period of 2020, the dominance of flat products over long products was practically comparable to that of 2021 (56.38% and 42.44%, respectively).
The main export markets of Ukrainian metal products in January-October 2021 are the countries of the European Union (36.5%), other Europe (20.1%) and NAFTA (9.7%)).

Among metallurgical importers for 10 months of 2021, the CIS ranks first (35.4%), Asia ranks second (21.6%), and EU-27 ranks third (20.5%).