In the January-October period of this year, Ukraine's coking coal and coal concentrate imports totaled 8.2 million mt, down 13 percent year on year, according to the data provided by the Ukraine's Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry. In October alone, Ukraine imported 690,000 mt of coking coal compared to 610,000 mt imported in September.
In the first 10 months of this year, Ukraine imported 1.055 million of coke, compared to 560,000 mt of coke imported in January-October 2013.