Ukrainian scrap market

摘要

The situation with scrap supply in Ukraine has improved somewhat due to tariff regulations as the ban for scrap exports to Moldova SW and another increase in export duty to EUR 42/t in May last year caused exports to shrink by 32% to 0.33 million t in 2018. The parliament is considering a new draft law to raise the duty to EUR 58/t. However, the country is still unable to resolve of problem of a continuing decrease in scrap supply as scrap collection drop to 3.6 million t in 2018. The downtrend will continue in the forecast period, with the material supply being expected at about 3.5 million tpy in 2019-2020. Following the rise in steel production, overall scrap consumption in Ukraine will grow to 6.2 million t and 6.4 million t respectively in 2019-2020. Exports will not exceed 0.1 million t in 2019-2020. Imports will stay minimal at about 50,000-60,000 tpy