According to the analysis of data by the Federal Customs Service of Ukraine, conducted by CementInfo.Ru, in 8 months (January - August) 2018:
- in August 2018 import of pebbles, gravel, crushed stone (HS code 2517) has made 40066 MT, since the beginning of 2018 - 176282 MT (in January-August 2017 - 136729 MT); export of pebbles, gravel, crushed stone in August 2018 has made 542369 MT, since the beginning of 2018 - 4993937 MT (in January-August 2017 - 5250158 MT)
- in August 2018 import of portland cement, cement (HS code 2523) has made 130832 MT, since the beginning of 2018 - 715588 MT (in January-August 2017 - 1015053 MT); export of portland cement, cement in August 2018 has made 61919 MT, since the beginning of 2018 - 356866 MT (in January-August 2017 - 193237 MT)
- in August 2018 import of asbestos (HS code 2524) has made 2316 MT, since the beginning of 2018 - 9783 MT (in January-August 2017 - 10283 MT); export of asbestos in August 2018 has made 0 MT, since the beginning of 2018 - 0 MT (in January-August 2017 - 0 MT)
- in August 2018 import of fireproof cements (HS code 3816) has made 5891 MT, since the beginning of 2018 - 35172 MT (in January-August 2017 - 32690 MT); export of fireproof cements in August 2018 has made 400 MT, since the beginning of 2018 - 2319 MT (in January-August 2017 - 1090 MT)
- The largest exporter of pebbles, gravel, crushed stone to Ukraine is Turkey (48.12%), the main importer of pebbles, gravel, crushed stone from Ukraine - Belarus (46.68%)
- The largest exporter of portland cement, cement to Ukraine is Russian Federation (47.15%), the main importer of portland cement, cement from Ukraine - Belarus (34.25%)
- The largest exporter of fireproof cements to Ukraine is Germany (34.18%), the main importer of fireproof cements from Ukraine - Russian Federation (76.94%)
Import and export of Ukraine for January - August 2018
| Commodity | Import | Export | Balance | ||
| Value, 1000$ | Volume, MT | Value, 1000$ | Volume, tn | ||
| pebbles, gravel, crushed stone | 9 190 | 176 282 | 34 864 | 4 993 937 | 25 674 |
| portland cement, cement | 30 905 | 715 588 | 15 108 | 356 866 | -15 797 |
| asbestos | 4 833 | 9 783 | -4 833 | ||
| fireproof cements | 40 633 | 35 172 | 1 574 | 2 319 | -39 059 |
Import of Ukraine for January - August 2018 by country
| Group | Commodity | Country | Volume in money equivalent, USD | ||
| 1000$ | Market share | In the reporting month (1000$) | |||
| 2517 | pebbles, gravel, crushed stone | Turkey | 4422 | 48.12% | 1198 |
| Belarus | 1417 | 15.42% | 373 | ||
| Greece | 950 | 10.34% | 45 | ||
| other countries | 2401 | 26.13% | 508 | ||
| 2523 | portland cement, cement | Russian Federation | 14572 | 47.15% | 3140 |
| Belarus | 8157 | 26.39% | 776 | ||
| Moldova | 4406 | 14.26% | 782 | ||
| other countries | 3770 | 12.20% | 402 | ||
| 2524 | asbestos | Kazakhstan | 4506 | 93.23% | 1145 |
| Russian Federation | 327 | 6.77% | 33 | ||
| 3816 | fireproof cements | Germany | 13887 | 34.18% | 2608 |
| China | 4627 | 11.39% | 333 | ||
| Czech Republic | 3549 | 8.73% | 424 | ||
| other countries | 18570 | 45.70% | 4198 | ||
Export of Ukraine for January - August 2018 by country
| Group | Commodity | Country | Volume in money equivalent, USD | ||
| 1000$ | Market share | In the reporting month (1000$) | |||
| 2517 | pebbles, gravel, crushed stone | Belarus | 16276 | 46.68% | 1301 |
| Russian Federation | 16042 | 46.01% | 1998 | ||
| Poland | 1880 | 5.39% | 369 | ||
| other countries | 666 | 1.91% | 167 | ||
| 2523 | portland cement, cement | Belarus | 5174 | 34.25% | 788 |
| Romania | 3678 | 24.34% | 916 | ||
| Hungary | 2781 | 18.41% | 577 | ||
| other countries | 3475 | 23.00% | 358 | ||
| 2524 | asbestos | ||||
| 3816 | fireproof cements | Russian Federation | 1211 | 76.94% | 122 |
| Poland | 58 | 3.68% | |||
| Moldova | 53 | 3.37% | 4 | ||
| other countries | 252 | 16.01% | 73 | ||