Shipments of raw materials increased by 45.5% y/y since the beginning of the year.

In April 2025, the Ukrainian scrap industry increased exports of ferrous scrap by 77.1% compared to April 2024 and by 16.1% compared to the previous month, up to 46.32 thousand tons.

Poland remains the key export destination for raw materials. The Polish market received 40.15 thousand tons of scrap (+19.9% m/m), which is 88.4% of the total supply. A small part was shipped to Greece – 2.69 thousand tons (-53.1% y/y), Bulgaria – 2.4 thousand tons, and Germany – 1 thousand tons (+66.1% m/m).

In January-April, shipments of scrap from Ukraine increased by 45.5% compared to the same period in 2024 – up to 127.21 thousand tons. Poland shipped 112.49 thousand tons of raw materials (0.04 thousand tons in January-April 2024), Greece – 8.42 thousand tons (-7.2% y/y), Bulgaria – 3.97 thousand tons (0 thousand tons in January-April 2024), and Germany – 2.13 thousand tons (0 thousand tons in January-April 2024).

Revenues from scrap exports in April increased by 19.7% month-on-month and by 71.3% y/y – to $14.94 million. In January-April, the figure increased by 39.4% y/y – to $39.25 million.

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