By KYIV. Nov 15 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukrainian imports of copper and copper products plummeted 62% year-on-year in January-October to $54.424 million, Ukrainian media reported, quoting State Customs Service data.
Copper exports fell 56.1% to $76.95 million.
Imports of aluminum and its products fell 29.2% to $279.276 million, nickel and nickel products 43% to $55.795 million, zinc and its products 59.9% to $30.490 million, lead and its products 63.8% to $2.65 million and tin and its products 25% to $2.894 million.
Exports of aluminum and its products fell 39.1% to $83.556 million, nickel fell 72.5% to $1.086 million and lead 69.5% to $9.769 million, however zinc exports rose to $1.321 million from $254,000 and tin to $421,000 from $154,000.
Imports of titanium ores and concentrates fell to 196 tonnes and $115,000 in the ten months of 2022, from 912 tonnes and $889,000 a year previously. Exports grew 38.9% to 273,409 tonnes and 10.5% to $111.27 million.
Bauxite imports fell 77.4% to 945,311 tonnes and 74.8% to $48.119 million.
Imports of nickel ores and concentrates fell 66.5% to 341,268 tonnes and 68.6% to $15.234 million, and manganese ores 60% to 135,069 tonnes and 57.5% to $17.976 million.
Ukraine did not re-export bauxite or export nickel and manganese ores in the ten months of 2022.
