In January this year, Ukraine's long steel exports increased by 8.5 percent compared to December, but decreased by 2.6 percent compared to January 2010, totaling 527,940 mt, valued at $352.2 million.
Ukraine's main long steel export destinations in January this year were Iraq (141,480 mt), Russia (122,260 mt), Lebanon (23,700 mt), Belarus (18,700 mt), Romania (17,780 mt) and Jordan (17,670 mt).
Meanwhile, Ukraine's imports of long steel products in January of the current year decreased by 25 percent month on month, but increased by 16.3 percent year on year to 24,490 mt, valued at $25.17 million.
About 68.6 percent of this volume, i.e., 16,790 mt, came from Russia, 2,490 mt came from Romania, 1,550 mt from Bulgaria, 1,420 mt from Belarus, 540 mt from Poland, and 450 mt were imported from China.