According to the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine (Ukrstat), in the first five months of the current year Ukraine's ferrous metal exports increased by 35.1 percent year on year to a total value of $7.811 billion, while exports of products made from ferrous metal went up by 78.8 percent to a total value of $1.194 billion.
Meanwhile, in the given period Ukraine registered a 55.6 percent increase year on year in its ferrous metal imports to $1.027 million and a 49.4 percent rise in its imports of products made from ferrous metal to $387 million.