According to Association UKRMETALURGPROM, in Jan-Oct of 2025 Ukrainian steelmakers had produced 5377 Kt of metal products (102.15% to the same period of 2024), of which according to the State Customs Service of Ukraine, it was exported 3310 Kt or 61.7%. For the same period of 2024, the share of export was 69.9% (3682 Kt with the total metal products production up to 5264 Kt).

The semi-products’ share in the total export in Jan-Oct 2025 was 32.87% that is significantly lower to Jan-Oct 2024 (46.31%). The share of flat products in Jan-Oct 2025 is higher significantly to the same period of 2024 (44.26% and 39.35% respectively). The share of long products in Jan-Oct 2025 is higher noticeably to the same period of 2024 (22.87% in 2025 and 14.34% in 2024).

The peculiarity of the metal products import structure in Jan-Oct 2025, as well as earlier, is a significant domination of flat products over long products (66.99% and 22.24% respectively); in Jan-Oct 2024, the domination of flat products over long products was significant as well (79.50% and 18.93% respectively).

The total domestic demand for metal products in Jan-Oct 2025 is 3443.6 Kt, of which 1385.6 Kt or 40.24% had been imported. For the same period of 2024, the domestic consumption was 2617.7 Kt of which 1035.7 Kt or 39.57% were imported. Therefore, in Jan-Oct 2025 the domestic demand for metal products had increased on 31.55% comparatively to the same period of 2024, and the import component share had raised on 0.67%.

Main markets for the Ukrainian steel products, according to the State Customs Service of Ukraine, in Jan-Oct 2025 are EU-27 (80.8%), other Europe (8.6%) and CIS (5.8%).

Among main steel importers in Jan-Oct 2025, the first position belongs to other Europe (50.6%), second to EU-27 (22.2%), third – to Asia (21.3%).