According to the association Ukrmetallurgprom, Ukrainian steel mills produced 3.62 million tonnes of rolled steel in January–July 2025, which is 97.2% of the volume recorded in the same period of 2024. Of this total, the State Customs Service of Ukraine reports that around 2.18 million tonnes (or 60.2%) were exported. For comparison, in January–July 2024, exports accounted for 64.5% of output (2.41 million tonnes out of 3.73 million tonnes).
The product structure of exports has shifted notably this year. The share of semi-finished products in exports dropped to 32.6% in January–July 2025, compared with 46.9% a year earlier. By contrast, the share of flat rolled products rose to 44.6% (from 39.8% in 2024), while long rolled products also saw growth, reaching 22.8% in 2025 versus 13.3% last year.
Ukraine’s imports in the first seven months of 2025 continued to be dominated by flat rolled products, which accounted for 74.8% of total imports, compared with 20.2% for long products. A year earlier, the figures were 79.4% and 19.0%, respectively.
The domestic steel market capacity in January–July 2025 amounted to 2.30 million tonnes, of which 862,700 tonnes (or 37.5%) came from imports. In the same period of 2024, the domestic market stood at 2.03 million tonnes, with imports totaling 711,600 tonnes (34.97%). This reflects a 13.2% increase in market capacity year-on-year, alongside a 2.5 percentage point rise in the import share.
In terms of geography, the European Union remained the dominant export market for Ukrainian rolled steel in the first seven months of 2025, accounting for 81.5% of shipments. Other European countries represented 8.2%, while CIS countries took 6.7%.
On the import side, Ukraine sourced most of its rolled steel from other European countries (55.4%), followed by the EU-27 (23.7%) and Asian countries (17.8%).
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