According to Association UKRMETALURGPROM, for 12 months of 2019 Ukrainian steelmakers had produced 18.20 Mt of metal products (99.1% to the same period of 2018) of which, according to ETR-Spectr Ltd, up to 14.94 Mt (or 82.1%) had been exported. For the same period of  2018 the share of export was 78.5% (14.42 Mt with the total metal products production up to 18.37 Mt).

The semi-products’ share in the total export for 12 months 2019 was 47.18% that is higher than within Jan-Dec of 2018 (43.64%). The share of flat products for 12 months 2019 is a bit lower than for the same period of 2018 (32.80% and 34.89% respectively); the share of long products in the total export for 12 months 2019 is lower as well than for the same period of 2018 (20.02% and 21.46% respectively).

The total domestic demand for metal products within 12 months 2019 was 4685.3 Kt, of which 1419.3 Kt or 30.3% had been imported. For the same period of  2018 the domestic consumption was 5394.0 Kt of which 1442.0 Kt or 26.7% were imported. Therefore, for 12 months 2019 the domestic demand for metal products had reduced on 13.1% comparatively to the same period of 2018, but the import component share had slightly increased (+1.6%).

The peculiarity of the metal products import structure for 12 months 2019 is the noticeable dominating of flat products over long products (55.29% and 40.87% respectively); within the same period of 2018 the domination of flat products over long products was less significant (51.05% and 45.90% respectively).

Main markets of the Ukrainian steel products, according to ETR Spectr Ltd, for Jan-Dec of 2019 are EU-28 (34.2%), African countries (16.6%) and Middle East (10.7%)

Among main steel importers for 12 months 2019, the first position belongs to CIS (45.3%), second to EU-28 (19.9%), third – to Asian countries (18.4%).