Ukraine reduced exports of titanium-containing ores and concentrate in physical terms by 88.1% year-on-year in January-March 2025 to 277 tonnes, Ukrainian media reported, citing the statistics published by the Ukrainian State Customs Service on Tuesday.
Exports of titanium-containing ores and concentrate fell 87.1% to $496,000 in value, it said. The main exports went to Uzbekistan, accounting for 35.61% of shipments in value, Turkey for 35.01%, and Egypt for 29.38%.
Ukraine imported 22 tonnes of titanium-containing ore worth $37,000 entirely from China in the first quarter of 2025, with all shipments made in January.
As reported, Ukraine slashed exports of titanium-containing ores in physical terms by 37.5% year-on-year in 2024 to 7,284 tonnes. Exports of titanium-containing ores and concentrate in value declined 40% to $11.654 million. The main exports went to Turkey, accounting for 62.82% of shipments in value, Egypt for 7.38%, and Poland for 6.93%.
Ukraine imported 314 tonnes of titanium-containing ore worth $492,000 from China, accounting for 87.78%, Vietnam for 6.11%, and Senegal for 6.11% too, in 2024.
At the same time, experts noted the inconsistency of statistics on exports of titanium-containing ores. However, the State Customs Service said in response to a request from the Ukrainian media that the complete statistics on exports of titanium raw materials are not provided due to restrictions imposed on the volume of export-import operations with military and dual-use goods, which are reflected in the aggregate form with the reference to other goods.
At the same time, they said that, in particular, supplies of titanium-containing ores from companies are different from the statistics by the State Customs Service. “We inform you that these supplies are included in the statistical exports from Ukraine, but are not reflected in the statistics of foreign trade published by the State Customs Service […] in the ‘Titanium Ores and Concentrates’ commodity item due to the following. […] According to the regulations, […] when protecting data for confidentiality purposes, any information that is deemed confidential is reported in full at the next, higher level of aggregation of data on the goods,” the State Customs Service said.
The information on customs clearance and movement of goods subject to export control across the Ukrainian customs border is included in the list of data containing sensitive information in the State Customs Service in accordance with the corresponding order.
The titanium-containing ores are now mined in Ukraine mainly by the United Mining and Chemical Company PJSC, which 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, as well as by the Mezhirichinsky GOK LLC and the Valki-Ilmenit LLC, both located in Irshansk, Zhitomir region. The Dnepr-based Velta production and commercial firm built a mining and processing plant at the Birzulovskoye deposit with an annual capacity of 240,000 tonnes of ilmenite concentrate.
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