Posted on 22 Oct 2026
Between January and September 2026, 889,000 tonnes of flat-rolled steel were supplied to the Ukrainian market, which is 7% more than in the same period of 2025. This is according to calculations by the GMK Centre based on data from the State Customs Service.
Over 50% of imports consisted of coated flat-rolled products (HS Code 7210) — 477,000 tonnes, up 16% year-on-year. The main suppliers of these products during the period in question were Turkey (257,000 tonnes), Vietnam (58,000 tonnes) and Poland (36,000 tonnes).
A further 28% of supplies, or 252,000 tonnes (-4% year-on-year), consisted of flat hot-rolled products (HS Code 7208). The main source of these supplies was Turkey, accounting for 175,000 tonnes. Imports from China totalled 57,000 tonnes, and from Italy — 3,000 tonnes.
During the period, 89,000 tonnes of flat cold-rolled steel (HS Code 7209) were also imported, representing a 12% year-on-year increase. Imports from Turkey totalled 58,000 tonnes, from Slovakia 34,000 tonnes, and from China 27,000 tonnes.
In September, Ukrainian consumers imported 106,000 tonnes of flat steel, which is 42% more than in the previous month and 7% more than in September 2025. Supplies of coated flat steel products totalled 65,000 tonnes (+48% month-on-month; +37% year-on-year), whilst hot-rolled flat steel products amounted to 30,000 tonnes (145% month-on-month; –15% year-on-year), and cold-rolled flat steel at 5,000 tonnes (–55% month-on-month; –40% year-on-year).
Expenditure on flat steel imports rose by 1% year-on-year in the January–September period to $891 million, whilst in September it increased by 25% month-on-month and by 7% year-on-year to $114 million.
It should be noted that, according to the figures for 2025, 1.09 million tonnes of flat-rolled steel were shipped to the Ukrainian market, which was 10.7% higher than in 2024. Approximately 50% of imports consisted of coated flat steel products — 532.8 thousand tonnes, which was 13.7% higher year-on-year. A further 31.6% of shipments, or 344.28 thousand tonnes (+0.9% year-on-year), consisted of hot-rolled flat steel products. Expenditure on flat steel imports rose by 4.9% year-on-year – to $1.13 billion for the year as a whole.
Source:GMK Center
