Interpipe emphasizes that even despite the decrease in consumption due to the temporary shutdown, the total demand for raw materials in Ukraine increased by 100 thousand tons in 10 months of 2025.In general, in January-October, scrap metal procurement increased by 16% year-on-year, to 1.7 million tons, while metallurgists consumed almost 1.3 million tons. At the same time, exports accelerated sharply and reached 345.2 thousand tons, which is 1.5 times more than last year.Against the background of the growing deficit, the president of the Ukrmetallurgprom OP, Oleksandr Kalenkov, proposes to introduce an export duty on scrap at the level of $180/t and temporarily set a zero export quota. In his opinion, this will allow preserving strategic raw materials in Ukraine.Kalenkov also emphasized that Ukrainian scrap metal is exported to EU countries, in particular Poland, without paying duties, after which the raw materials are re-exported to Turkey and India - countries that directly or indirectly purchase energy resources from the Russian Federation. Thus, part of Ukrainian scrap ends up in countries that actually support the Russian economy during the war against Ukraine.
Source: https://agronews.ua/news/metalurgy-ukrayiny-zayavyly-pro-zbilshennya-vyrobnycztva-stali-ta-popytu-na-bruht-u-2026-roczi-na-tli-jogo-deficzytu/
