According to Eurostat data, Ukrainian mining companies shipped 5.11 million tons of iron ore to the EU market in January-April, which is 3.7% more than in the same period last year. The costs for European raw material importers increased by 5.8%, up to €614.83M. The main consumers of Ukrainian raw materials among EU countries were Slovakia with 1.83 million tons (+0.3%), Czech Republic – 986,400 tons (-35.4%), Poland – 1.44 million tons (+6.2%), and Germany – 317,000 tons (+480%).
At the same time, the EU reduced the import of products from Russia’s mining and metallurgical complex by 20.4%. to 1.52 million tons. Import costs decreased by 16.3%, to €801.15M. The main share of imports is semi-finished products, 79.3% of total import volume. Russia’s iron ore supply to the EU amounted to 9,360 tons (-96.7%).