By KYIV. Dec 22 (Interfax-Ukraine) – In January-November of this year, Ukraine reduced the export of coke and semi-coke in kind by 98% compared to the same period last year, to 3,856 tonnes.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service, in monetary terms, the export of coke and semi-coke fell by 97.6% over this period, to $1.011 million.
Ukraine in January-November 2022 imported 340,451 tonnes of coke and semi-coke, which is 50.4% less compared to January-November 2021. In monetary terms, imports dropped by 42.1% to $168.885 million.
As reported, in 2021, Ukraine increased the export of coke and semi-coke in quantity terms by 3.3 times compared to 2020, to 194,535 tonnes. In monetary terms, the export of coke and semi-coke over this period increased 4.8 times, to $41.838 million. The products were mainly exported to Kazakhstan (29.03% of supplies in monetary terms), Turkey (20.06%) and Algeria (15.77%).
Ukraine last year imported 789,903 tonnes of coke and semi-coke, which is 2.1 times more compared to 2020. In monetary terms, imports increased 4.3 times, to $351.238 million. The products were mainly imported from the Russian Federation (65.48% of supplies in monetary terms), the Czech Republic (20%) and Poland (8.45%).
Due to hostilities in eastern Ukraine, a number of mines and coking plants occurred in territories temporarily not controlled by Ukraine.
