In January 2011, Ukraine's pig iron exports went up by 28 percent compared to January 2010, but decreased by 35 percent compared to December 2010, amounting to 108,130 mt, valued at $45.8 million.
Accordingly, 57,640 mt of Ukraine's pig iron exports in January this year (equal to a share of 53.3 percent) were delivered to Turkey, 47,380 mt (equal to a 43.8 percent share) were shipped to Italy, 1,600 mt (equal to a 1.5 percent share) were exported to the Austria, and 1,510 mt (equal to a 1.4 percent share) were delivered to Bulgaria.