Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Ukraine's Jan exports of ferroalloys up 13.8% on year

Ukraine's exports of ferroalloys rose 13.8% year-on-year to 77,870 mt in January from 68,450 mt a year earlier, the state statistics service reported Tuesday.

At the same time, revenues from exports of ferroalloys rose 12.5% to $88.9 million from $79 million in January 2017, the statistics service said.

In January, Ukraine exported 13,360 of ferroalloys to Turkey, 11,300 mt to the Netherlands, 8,350 mt to Italy, 3,670 mt to the Great Britain, 3,290 mt to Romania, 3,060 mt to Finland and 2,950 mt to Slovakia.

Ukraine exported 59,250 mt of silicomanganese in January, up from 49,410 mt in January 2017. Exports of ferrosilicon fell to 4,510 mt from 4,640 mt, but exports of ferromanganese, including metallic manganese, increased to 8,930 mt from 8,850 mt.

Exports of ferronickel fell to 4,370 mt in January from 5,360 mt, but exports of ferrotitanium rose to 400 mt from 180 mt in January 2017.

In 2017 Ukraine exported 936,700 mt of ferroalloys, up 7.7% from 869,690 mt 2016.