Ukraine's interagency commission for distribution of quotas for coking coal imports in 2013 has officially posted the recommended distribution of the quotas for the June-August period of the current year, which was determined at a meeting of the commission held on May 17, on the website of the Economic Development and Trade Ministry of Ukraine.
According to the document, a total of 28 companies were candidates for receipt of quotas, while 10 of these companies did not receive quotas.
The quotas were not given to Krasnohrad Vegetable Factory LLC, Gas Group LLC, private joint-stock company ARS, Energoimpeks LLC, Industrial Group Fuel Company LLC, Krymcement, public joint-stock company Ivano-Frankivskcement, public joint-stock company Podilsky Cement, public joint-stock company Yugcement and public joint-stock company Volyn-Cement.
The quotas were distributed in the following way: Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works - 64,285 mt and public joint-stock company Alchevskkoks - 968,572 mt (both companies are part of ISD Corporation); Yasynivsky coking and chemical plant - 138,000 mt, Donetsksteel metallurgical plant - 36,000 mt, and Makiyivkoks - 66,000 mt (all three companies are part of Donetsksteel Group); Zaporizhstal - 155,000 mt, Metinvest-holding LLC - 296,600 mt, Avdiyivka Coke and Chemicals Plant - 1.040 million mt, Azovstal - 103,000 mt, Mariupol Illich Steel Works - 390,000 mt, Zaporizhkoks - 126,400 mt, Donetskkoks - 34,000 mt, and Yenakiyeve Coke and Chemicals Plant - 60,000 mt (these eight companies are subsidiaries of Metinvest Group); Evraz Dniproprodzerzhinsky Coke and Chemical Plant - 45,000 mt, Evraz Bahliykoks - 137,143 mt, and Evraz Petrovsky Metallurgical Plant - 237,471 mt (these three companies are subsdiaries of Evraz Group); ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih - 181,286 mt, and Istek LLC - 75,000 mt.
The commission decided to distribute the quotas for three months, from June 1 to August 31, 2013. The quotas for the remainder of the year will be distributed later.
On March 13 this year, the cabinet of ministers of Ukraine decided to set quotas on imports of coking coal to protect the interests of national producers. The decision was taken to introduce an overall 10.2 million mt quota on imported coking coal.