In January-June, cast iron exports grew 20.4% yoy to 0.517 mln mt or USD 132.67 mln However, cast iron exports dropped 60% mom in June to 0.024 mt.Proceeds from cast iron export fell 67.7% mom to 5.3 mln USD. Italy was the largest buyer of Ukrainian steel in June, buying 0.013 mt, which accounted for 58% of total exports. In 2004 cast iron exports increased 42.1% to 1.290 mt.
Export Breakdown By Country OF Cast Iron Exports:
Jun 2005 May 2005 Jun 2004
‘000 mt mln USD ‘000 mt mln USD ‘000 mt mln USD
Total 23,96 5,30 59,82 16,39 96,46 23,30
Italy 13,93 2,75 37,43 10,60 58,89 14,19
Romania 3,96 0,98 0,48 0,12 – –
Bulgaria 1,98 0,47 – – 0,76 0,14
Moldova 1,97 0,52 2,81 0,68 1,64 0,38
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1,92 0,52 – – – –
Czech 0,13 0,04 0,41 0,13 0,48 0,11
Estonia 0,06 0,01 – – – –