Railway transportation of rolled products, semi-finished products, pipes, pig iron and ferrous metal scrap increased by 6% to 900,000 t in Ukraine in May compared with April. In particular, a total of 424,700 t of goods were delivered to foreign buyers (down 1% month-on-month), some 407,100 t were carried to the domestic market (up…… Read more »
According to the White House proclamation of 31 May, the suspension of the 25% duty on imports of Ukrainian steel products under Section 232 of the US Trade Expansion Act was extended for another year. This decision also applies to steel products from Ukraine that are further processed in EU member states
The EU Council has approved the extension of the duty-free trade regime for Ukraine for another year. The suspension of import duties and quotas for Ukrainian products will be effective from June 6 this year until June 5, 2025.
The railway traffic of rolled steel products, semi-finished products, pipes, pig iron and scrap of ferrous metals decreased by 9% month-on-month to 700,000 t in Ukraine in February. In particular, exports dropped by 11% month-on-month to 406,800 t, while domestic supplies decreased by 6% month-on-month to 242,000 t. Imports dropped by 8% month-on-month to…… Read more »
The Riga Freeport stepped up transshipment of mining and metallurgical products by 150% year-on-year to 178,800 t in the period from January 1 to February 29, 2024. In particular, handling of scrap, metals, and ferroalloys rocketed by 2.5 times to 147,500 t, while that of finished steel products surged by 2.6 times to 31,300…… Read more »
According to the announcement by Polish railway operator PKP LHS of March 2, the company is offering its customers special discounts for transportation of coal (HS 2701), iron ore (2601) and metal products (72, 73) when importing and transiting from/through all LHS stations.
Railway transportation of rolled products, semi-finished products, pipes, pig iron and ferrous metal scrap inched down by 2% to 700,000 t in Ukraine in January 2024 compared with December 2023. Averaging 500,000 t, the January export volume remained unchanged compared with December, while domestic supplies dropped by 10% month-on-month to 300,000 t.