According to the data released by metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company (UGMK), in 2014 Ukraine exported 24.3 million mt of steel products, down 7.6 percent year on year, worth a total of $12.6 billion, down 11.3 percent year on year.
In particular, in the given year Ukraine exported 20.24 million mt of rolled metal (including 9.2 million mt of semi-finished products), down 13 percent, 2.2 million mt of pig iron, down three percent, and 900,000 mt of ferroalloys, up 27 percent, all on year-on-year basis.