According to the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine (Ukrstat), in the first 10 months of the current year Ukraine's ferrous metal exports increased by 28.4 percent year on year to a total value of $15.360 billion, while its exports of products made from ferrous metal went up by 49.3 percent to a total value of $2.345 billion.
Meanwhile, in the given period Ukraine registered a 50.5 percent increase year on year in its ferrous metal imports to $2.320 million and a 41.3 percent rise year on year in imports of products made from ferrous metal to $969.9 million.