The Ukrainian steelmaker Zaporizhstal plans to increase its share in the Ukrainian steel consumption market to 80 percent by 2015, Zaporizhstal's marketing and foreign trade activities department director Andrey Chebonenko has stated.
Accordingly to Mr. Andrey Chebonenko, currently Zaporizhstal's share of the domestic HR steel consumption market amounts to 40 percent, while its share of the CR steel market amounts to 52 percent. Meanwhile, the company's export potential amounts to not less that one million mt of steel products, he added.
Currently, Zaporizhstal is exporting its products to more than 65 countries. According to the data issued by Mr. Chebonenko, the company delivers 33.8 percent of its products to the Ukrainian market, 20.8 percent to Mediterranean countries, 17.8 percent to the CIS, 7.1 percent to the EU, 6.8 percent to the Middle East, 6.2 percent to Africa, 3.7 percent to Central Europe, 1.7 percent to Persian Gulf countries, 1.1 percent to Latin America, 0.7 percent to Southeast Asia, and 0.3 percent to АSЕАN-NAFTA.
Zaporizhstal's production capacities allow the mill to annually produce 3.6 million mt of pig iron, 4.5 million mt of crude steel, and 3.7 million mt of rolled steel products.