Ukraine’s exports of titanium-containing ores slash drastically in 3 months
As the Ukrainian State Customs Service reported on Tuesday, the country’s exports of titanium-containing ores and concentrate reduced in physical terms by 88.1% year-on-year in January-March 2025 (to 277 tonnes) and by 87.1% in value (to $496,000).
Uzbekistan (35.61%), Turkey (35.01%) and Egypt (29.38%) were the main exporters.
China exported to Ukraine 22 tonnes of titanium-containing ore worth $37,000 in the first quarter of 2025.
According to reports, the slash of Ukraine exports of titanium-containing ores in physical terms attained 37.5% year-on-year in 2024 (7,284 tonnes). The decline of exports of titanium-containing ores and concentrate in value was 40% ($11.654 million). Turkey (62.82%), Egypt (7.38%) and Poland (6.93%) were the main importers.
Ukraine’s import of titanium-containing ore attained 314 tonnes and was worth $492,000. In 2024, 87.78% of it came from China, 6.11% from Vietnam and 6.11% from Senegal.
Meanwhile, experts noted the difference between the supplies of titanium-containing ores from companies and the statistics by the State Customs Service. Nevertheless, the State Customs Service referred to restrictions imposed on the volume of export-import operations and didn’t provide the complete statistics on exports of titanium raw materials.
The State Customs Service said that the statistical exports from Ukraine included these supplies, but the statistics of foreign trade published by the State Customs Service did not reflect them. As the regulations say, when protecting data for confidentiality purposes, they report in full any information that they deem confidential at the next, higher level of aggregation of data on the goods.
In accordance with the corresponding order, the list of data containing sensitive information in the State Customs Service includes the information on customs clearance and movement of goods subject to export control across the Ukrainian customs border.
Mainly the United Mining and Chemical Company PJSC now mines the titanium-containing ores in Ukraine. It manages the Volnogorsk Mining and Metals Plant (VGMK), located in the Dnepropetrovsk region, and the Irshansk Mining and Processing Plant (IGOK), based in the Zhitomir region. Other important mining companies are the Mezhirichinsky GOK LLC and the Valki-Ilmenit LLC, both located in Irshansk, Zhitomir region. Also, a mining and processing plant was built by the Dnepr-based Velta production and commercial firm at the Birzulovskoye deposit with an annual capacity of 240,000 tonnes of ilmenite concentrate.
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