According to newly-released data, Ukraine increased its semi-finished steel exports, but decreased its finished steel exports during the January-May 2008 period.
During the period in question, Ukraine exported 584,400 mt of pig iron - down 30.6 percent, 3.8 million mt of billets - up 16.5 percent, 1.97 million mt of slabs - up 23.9 percent, 3.4 million mt of HR steel - up 5.2 percent, 450,900 mt of CR steel - down 3.6 percent, 2.33 million mt of rebar - down 2.5 percent, 603,100 mt of profiles - up 1.5 percent, and 795,000 mt of steel pipes - down 13.8 percent, all compared to the January-May 2007 period.