Dmitry Kisilevsky, the deputy chairman of the parliamentary committee on the economic development of Ukraine, has stated that Ukraine will continue to apply €180/mt export duty on scrap even after the possible signing of the free trade agreement with Turkey.
At the end of 2021, Ukraine increased the export duty for scrap to €180/mt from the previously valid €58/mt, exempting exports to the EU, as SteelOrbis previously reported.
According to the statement, in 2024, Ukraine exported almost 300,000 mt of scrap to the EU and a significant part of this amount then went to Turkey and other countries, avoiding the payment of the duty, causing UAH 2 billion in lost revenues to the state budget.