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The European Commission has taken the initiative to continue supporting the Ukrainian metallurgical industry, leaving the current exemption from trade restrictions on steel imports from Ukraine to the EU unchanged. Through this initiative, the Ukrainian metallurgical sector will be able to continue exporting products to the EU without restrictions, which is an important source of income for Ukraine. This decision is aimed at supporting Ukrainian producers who have found themselves in difficult conditions resulting from Russian aggression. If the proposal

 According to the results from metallurgical enterprises in December 2021, Ukraine increased steel production by 3.6% compared to the same period in 2020, holding 14th place in the ranking of 64 major world producers of these products, according to Worldsteel. In 2021, Ukraine’s steel production amounted to 21.4 million tons compared to 20.6 million tons in 2020. In December 2021, an increase in steelmaking was recorded over December 2020 in the top ten countries except for China, Turkey, and Brazil.

during the January-August 2021 period (ukrainianjournal). Overall Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises in this period increased revenue from exports of ferrous metals by 73.1% compared to the same period last year, to $8.918 billion from $5.150 billion.

wrote Alfa-Bank Ukraine. Steel export revenues were up 75% yoy and iron ore revenues were up 99% yoy. UkrMetalurgProm, the industry association, reported that in March the steel billet average export price was up 73% yoy and the rebar price was up 70%.