According to the data released by Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in 2014 Ukraine exported 2.2 million mt of pig iron, down 2.3 percent compared to 2013, worth a total of $802.3 million, down 2.5 percent year on year.
The exports mostly went to Italy (with a share of 34.39 percent), the US (32.54 percent) and Turkey (22 percent).
In 2014, Ukraine imported 7,400 mt of pig iron, down 44.53 percent year on year, worth a total of $2.98 million mt, down 50.6 percent year on year. The main suppliers of pig iron in 2014 were Russia (supplying 96.85 percent), Italy (2.08 percent) and Germany (1.07 percent).