Ukraine in January-May this year increased imports of aluminium ores and concentrate (bauxite) in physical terms by 3.88 times compared to the same period last year – up to 13,564 thousand tonnes from 3,501 tonnes.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS) on Friday, imports of bauxite in monetary terms increased 2.8 times to $1.532 million from $550 thousand.
Imports were mainly from Turkey (79.23% of supplies in monetary terms) and China (20.77%).
Ukraine did not re-export bauxite in 2025, as well as in 2024 and 2023.
As reported, Ukraine in 2024 increased imports of bauxite in physical terms by 77.4% compared to 2023 – up to 35,173 thousand tonnes, in monetary terms by 74% – up to $4.107 million. Imports were mainly from Turkey (78.48% of supplies in monetary terms), China (19.48%) and Spain (1.9%).
In 2023, Ukraine imported 19,830,000 tonnes of bauxite worth $2.360 million.
Ukraine in 2022 reduced imports of aluminium ores and concentrate (bauxite) in physical terms by 81.5% year-on-year to 945,396 thousand tonnes. Imports of bauxite in monetary terms decreased by 79.6% to $48.166 million. Imports were mainly from Guinea (58.90% of shipments in monetary terms), Brazil (27.19%) and Ghana (7.48%).
Bauxite is an aluminium ore that is used as a raw material to produce alumina and from it aluminium. They are also used as fluxes in ferrous metallurgy.
Bauxite is imported to Ukraine by Nikolaev Alumina Refinery (NGZ).