Ukraine significantly increased imports of aluminium ores and concentrate (bauxite) in physical terms in January-April this year compared to the same period last year – up to 13.494 thousand tonnes from 163 tonnes.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS) on Tuesday, bauxite imports in monetary terms increased 10.9 times to $1.476 million from $136 thousand.
At the same time, imports were mainly from Turkey (82.24% of supplies in monetary terms) and China (17.76%).
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% – 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).