Ukraine has increased imports of aluminium ores and concentrate (bauxite) in physical terms by 58% year-on-year to 31,344,000 tonnes in January-October this year.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS) on Wednesday, bauxite imports in monetary terms increased by 31.2 per cent to $3.518 million over the period.
The imports were mainly from Turkey (80.96 per cent of shipments in monetary terms), China (16.66 per cent) and Guyana (2.39 per cent).
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).