In the Ukraine, rather large capacities on output of steel and rolled steel are available. The country the 7th greatest producer of steel and rolled steel in the world. Thr country exports above 80 percent of production volume of its ferrous metallurgy. Share of Ukraine in ferrous metallurgy production of the CIS is very high: Ukraine yields 43 percent of total CIS pig iron, 36 percent of CIS steel and 35 percent of CIS rolled steel. Ferrous metallurgy is basic sector of Ukrainian economy. It includes above 150 enterprises, including 16 mining and concentrating enterprises, 14 metallurgical combines and plants, 7 tube plants, 10 metalware plants, 16 coal-tar chemical plants, 17 refractory plants, 3 ferroalloys plants, 23 secondary ferrous metals enterprises, as well as machine building, repair and engineering enterprises. Notice that, in the Ukraine, a share of ferrous metallurgy in industrial output of the country is the greatest among countries of the former USSR, around 25 percent; the sector gains around 40 percent of the country export receipts in hard currency.
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