Ukraine steel consumption in 10 months down by 38pct YoY
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Saturday, 21 Nov 2009
According to the data issued by metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, in January to October this year Ukraine consumed about 4.72 million tonnes of rolled steel products down by 37.8%YoY.
In January to October 2009 Ukraine consumption of primary rolled steel products, excluding pipes was as follows
| Product | Jan-Oct'08 | Jan-Oct'09 | Change |
| Rebar | 957,209 | 437,530 | -54.3% |
| Beam | 94,532 | 33,444 | -64.6% |
| Wire rod | 553,316 | 402,601 | -27.2% |
| HRC | 2,567,338 | 1,577,010 | -38.6% |
| CRC | 477,480 | 231,478 | -51.5% |
| Angle | 282,456 | 130,270 | -53.9% |
| Channel | 226,201 | 118,927 | -47.4% |
| Others | 2,429,156 | 1,787,603 | -26.4% |
| Market capacity | 7,587,687 | 4,718,864 | -37.8% |
In tonnes
During the period in question, the share of imports in the domestic rolled steel product market decreased to 11.9%YoY from 20.4%YoY amounting to 591,000 tonnes.
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