In January–June of this year, Ukraine reduced its imports of aluminium ores and concentrates (bauxite) by 47.1 per cent in volume terms compared with the same period last year – to 7,198 thousand tonnes, down from 13,606 thousand tonnes.
According to statistics published by the State Customs Service (SCS), in January–June 2026, the value of bauxite imports fell to $1.402 million from $1.569 million.
Imports came from China (65.62 per cent of supplies in monetary terms) and Turkey (34.38 per cent).
Furthermore, in May, Ukraine supplied 45 tonnes of bauxite worth $10,000 to Poland, whilst Ukraine did not re-export any bauxite in 2025.
As reported, in 2025 Ukraine increased its imports of aluminium ores and concentrates by 23.7 per cent in volume terms compared with the previous year – to 43,5 thousand tonnes, and by 15.8 per cent in monetary terms, to $4.754 million. These imports came mainly from Turkey (81.84 per cent of supplies in monetary terms), China (15.97 per cent) and Guyana (2.19 per cent).
As in 2024 and 2023, Ukraine did not re-export any bauxite in 2025.
In 2024, Ukraine increased its imports of bauxite by 77.4 per cent in volume terms compared with 2023 – to 35,173 thousand tonnes, and by 74 per cent in value terms, to $4.107 million. Imports came mainly from Turkey (78.48 per cent of supplies in monetary terms), China (19.48 per cent) and Spain (1.9 per cent).
Bauxite is an aluminium ore used as a raw material for producing alumina, and from that, aluminium. It is also used as a flux in ferrous metallurgy.
In Ukraine, bauxite is imported, in particular, by the Mykolaiv Alumina Plant (MAP), which is currently idle.