In the first nine months of this year, Ukraine's steel product exports to Egypt declined by 34.5 percent year on year from 1.139 million mt to 746,000 mt, valued at $361 million - down 7.2 percent compared to January-September 2009, the RBC Ukraine information agency reported.
Specifically, during the period in question, Ukraine's exports to Egypt of semi-finished steel products went down by about 35 percent year on year from 773,000 mt to 503,000 mt, valued at $227 - up from $255 million in January-September 2009. Meanwhile, in the given period, Ukraine's exports of flat rolled steel products increased in value from $44 million to $48 million, while its exports of rebar rose in value to $52 million from $31 million, compared to the same period of the previous year.