Briefing PERSPECTIVES
Ukrainian steel industry decline still slowing The Ukrainian tling at 2.17 million tons which would be Steel Disease 9% higher than JanuUkrainian steel makers ary 2009. The current in 2009 on average were output may decline by loss making and broke about 37.5% settling at even in June – for the 1.82 million tons which first time since Summarks an increase of mer’08. According to 10.9% as compared to Metallurgprom associa- January 2009. tion. National steel indus- Steel mills of Ukraine try reduced finished roll were expected to exoutput 18% year-on-year port 19,000,000 tons of in January-November to steel during 2009. This 24.417 million tonnes. export volume was 26.8 The industry cut roll million tons in 2007. It output 30% year-on-year is expected that approxiin January-August, 27% mately 8,000,000 tons in January-September of steel shall be sold in and 23% in January-Oc- Ukraine itself. tober, so the latest figures The steel industry of indicate that the severe the country is expected decline in the industry is to have closed 2008 still slowing. at 10% profit margin. Crude steel production In the first of the year, plummeted 23% in the the margins were very 11 months to 27.008 mil- high but due to global lion tonnes and pig iron economy slowdown, fell 20% to 23.32 million they started to decline tonnes. specially in the fourth The country produced quarter of the year. At 1.458 million tonnes of that time, the loss of the steel pipes, down 35% industry is said to have year-on-year. grown as much as Analysts have said that UAH 3.5 billion where steel output may decline as loss margin by 15.5 in the end of February percent. 2000 9 x 37.8% setINF\FT
BY THE NUMBERS The number of private broadband Internet users in Ukraine at the end of 2009 has reached 1.8 million persons, having increased from second qaurter, 2009 by 11%, according to a report on the results of the investigation of the iKS-Consulting analysts.
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million the total number of high-speed Internet users in Ukraine. million Hr., reached revenues from the broadband Internet services in Ukraine. million is a total number of Internet users in Ukraine.
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