According to the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine (Ukrstat), in the first six months of the current year Ukraine's ferrous metal exports increased by 31.7 percent year on year to a total value of $9.444 billion, while exports of products made from ferrous metal went up by 73.1 percent to a total value of $1.450 billion.
Meanwhile, in the given period Ukraine registered a 55.7 percent increase year on year in its ferrous metal imports to $1.254 million and a 50.3 percent rise in its imports of products made from ferrous metal to $499.1 million.