In January–August this year, Ukrainian companies increased their imports of copper and copper products by 13.3 per cent in monetary terms compared with the same period last year, reaching $139.044 million.
According to statistics published by the State Customs Service of Ukraine, exports of copper and copper products rose by 22.7 per cent over the eight-month period, reaching $75.529 million.
In August, copper imports totalled $15.771 million, whilst exports amounted to $9.646 million.
As previously reported, in 2025 Ukrainian enterprises increased their imports of copper and copper products by 23.2 per cent in monetary terms compared with 2024, reaching $173,453 million, whilst exports of copper and copper products rose by 17.7 per cent to $103,848 million.
Copper is widely used in electrical engineering, in the manufacture of pipes, in the production of alloys, in medicine and in other sectors.