Ukraine increases exports of scrap metal by more than half in Jan-April

Ukrainian enterprises increased the export of scrap metal by 54.9% in January-April of the current year compared to the same period last year, reaching 87,414 tonnes from 56,449 tonnes. According to statistics released by the State Customs Service on Friday, 26,153 tonnes of scrap metal were exported in April, 20,907 tonnes in March, 23,194 tonnes … Read more

After opening of sea exports, Metinvest increases workload of factories, directs efforts to retain teams

After the opening of maritime exports in 2023, the Metinvest mining and metallurgical group started to increase the workload of enterprises and did not reduce staff, director for sustainable development and interaction with personnel Tetiana Petruk said in an interview with dsnews.ua. “The worst year in the entire history of Metinvest was 2022. After the … Read more

Ukraine reaches pre-war level of exports in April

In April 2024, Ukraine exported over 13 million tons of products, surpassing the figures of February 2022. In monetary terms, last month’s exports reached $3.3 billion, the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine reported. The growth was driven by the opening of an alternative sea corridor, as well as a ship insurance programs and the expansion … Read more

Deficit of Ukraine’s foreign trade in goods decreases by 12.5% in Jan-Feb – statistics

The negative balance of Ukraine’s foreign trade in goods in January-February 2024 decreased by 12.5% compared to the same period in 2023 – to $3.227 billion from $3.689 billion, the State Statistics Service reported on Monday. According to its data, exports of goods from Ukraine for the specified period compared to January-February 2023 increased by … Read more

Interpipe masters over 210 new types of pipe products for EU market

The Ukrainian industrial company Interpipe has prepared 210 new types of pipe products for the European Union market. According to the Interpipe press release, Ukraine’s accession to the European Union is a conscious civilizational choice of the country. “But while the country is taking steps in this direction, Ukrainian business has already been quite deeply … Read more

EU extends duty-free food export from Ukraine, introducing restrictions on “sensitive products”

The Council of the European Union and the European Parliament have extended the tariff-free trade with Ukraine for another year until June 5, 2025. However, they have introduced restrictions on a range of “sensitive products” in the agreement. Liberalizing trade involves temporarily suspending import duties and quotas on Ukrainian agricultural product exports to the European … Read more

United Mining Chemical Company begins selling titanium raw materials to Italy, Spain, Germany

PrJSC United Mining and Chemical Company, under whose management Vilnohirsk Mining and Metallurgical Combine (Dnipropetrovsk region) and Irshansk Mining and Processing Plant (Zhytomyr region) have been transferred, began selling titanium raw materials to Italy, Spain, Germany and systematically expands the geography of exports. According to the company, despite the difficulties and risks of wartime, more … Read more

Ukraine’s state titanium company starts selling raw materials to Italy, Spain, and Germany

During the last two quarters, the State JSC United Mining and Chemical Company began to sell titanium raw materials to new counterparties – Italy, Spain and Germany, reported the company’s press service. “For the fourth quarter of 2023 and the first quarter of 2024, JSC UMCC signed contracts for approximately another 80,000 tons. […] We opened the … Read more

Ukraine plans to resume sea ferry, container transportation in a few weeks – deputy minister

The first container shipments along the Ukrainian sea corridor can be carried out within two to three weeks, says Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Yurii Vaskov. All five container terminals are ready to operate, as almost all of them are involved in the transshipment of agricultural and other products. Vaskov said that Ukraine also hopes to … Read more

European Parliament agrees to extend duty-free trade regime for Ukraine with amendments

The European Parliament supported the proposal of the European Commission to extend the liberalization of the trade regime with Ukraine until June 5, 2025. On Wednesday, 347 MEPs voted for this decision, 117 were against, and another 99 abstained. The adopted decision provides for the extension of the temporary suspension of import duties and quotas … Read more