Railway transportation of rolled products, semi-finished products, pipes, pig iron and ferrous metal scrap increased by 10% to 800,000 t in Ukraine in November 2023 compared with October 2023.
Zaporizhstal produced a total of 265,500 t of pig iron in December (up 87% year-on-year and up 1% month-on-month). Steel output averaged some 228,600 t (up 223% year-on-year but down 5% month-on-month).
According to the press service of the company, enterprises of the Metinvest Group launched production of 25 new types of steel products in 2023, as many as 14 of which were launched by Metinvest Group together with Zaporizhstal.
About 266 wagons were transferred daily through the Chop – Čierna nad Tisou land border crossing point as of December 21 (up 9 units per day in two weeks). Approximately 199 wagons per day were moving on export routes (down 1 unit), while 67 wagons arrived with imported cargo (up 10 units).
Following an administrative review of anti-dumping measures against imports of prestressed concrete steel wire strand originating from Ukraine, the U.S. Department of Commerce set the dumping margin at 0% on November 16. Note that previously the tariff of 19.3% had been in effect since 2021.
On December 14, a total of 3,200 wagons were moving to the Izov station including 1,300 wagons with cakes, 561 wagons with vegetable oil, and 626 containers. Meanwhile, as many as 878 wagons were on their way to the Mostyska-2 station on that date including 489 containers, 97 wagons with metals and 90 wagons…… Read more »
About 185 wagons were transferred daily through the the Vadul-Siret – Dornesti (Romania) land border crossing as of December 19 (down 5 wagons in two weeks). By destinations, approximately 146 wagons with export cargo (up 10 units) and 39 wagons with imported goods (down 24 units) were handled daily in the period under review.
As many as 8,400 wagons loaded with various goods were awaiting transferring through Ukraine’s western land border crossing points on December 14 compared with almost 9,800 wagons in late November.
More than 8,200 wagons with various goods were awaiting to be transferred through Ukraine’s western land border crossing points on December 11 compared with almost 9,800 wagons in late November.