In June this year, Ukraine sharply increased its pig iron exports by 4.9 times compared to May and by two times compared to June 2009 to 194,050 mt, of which 98,970 mt were delivered to the US. The value of Ukraine's pig iron export sales in June was up by 4.8 times compared to May, increasing to $98.93 million.
In H1 this year, Ukraine's pig iron exports increased by 18.6 percent year on year to 771,350 mt, valued at $303.92 million.
| June 2010 | May 2010 | June 2009 | |||
mt | million $ | mt | million $ | mt | million $ | |
Total | 194,050 | 98.93 | 39,630 | 20.47 | 95,370 | 20.76 |
US | 98,970 | 45.72 | - | - | - | - |
Italy | 64,060 | 28.74 | 16,140 | 7.66 | 3,630 | 0.85 |
Mexico | 25,000 | 11.90 | - | - | - | - |
Turkey | 4,900 | 2.45 | 4,820 | 2.26 | 45,250 | 10.22 |
Germany | 1,120 | 10.12 | 0,270 | 2.38 | - | - |