According to the analysis of data by the Federal Customs Service of Ukraine, conducted by CementInfo.Ru, in 8 months (January - August) 2018:
- Export of pebbles, gravel, crushed stone (HS code 2517) made total 4 451 568 MT, in July only - 329 788 MT. Import of pebbles, gravel, crushed stone (HS code 2517) made total 136 216 MT, in July only - 29 113 MT. The largest exporter of pebbles, gravel, crushed stone to Ukraine is Belarus (43 352 MT). The main importer pebbles, gravel, crushed stone from Ukraine - Belarus too (2 371 703 MT).
- Export of portland cement, cement (HS code 2523) made total 294 947 MT, in July only - 52 829 MT. Import of portland cement, cement (HS code 2523) made total 584 756 MT, in July only - 154 341 MT. The largest exporter of portland cement, cement to Ukraine is Russian Federation (313 163 MT). The main importer portland cement, cement from Ukraine - Belarus (87 572 MT).
- Import of asbestos (HS code 2524) made total 7 467 MT, in July only - 1 723 MT. The largest exporter of asbestos to Ukraine is Kazakhstan (6 821 MT).
- Export of fireproof cements (HS code 3816) made total 1 919 MT, in July only - 229 MT. Import of fireproof cements (HS code 3816) made total 29 281 MT, in July only - 5 788 MT. The largest exporter of fireproof cements to Ukraine is Germany (7 897 MT). The main importer fireproof cements from Ukraine - Russian Federation (1 392 MT).
Export and import of Ukraine in 8 months 2018 by main countries
| HS code | Good/Country | Export | Import | ||
| Weight (MT) | Value (thousand $) | Weight (MT) | Value (thousand $) | ||
| 2517 | galley, gravey, crush (total) | 4 451 568 | 31 030 | 136 216 | 7 068 |
| Belarus | 2 371 703 | 14 977 | 43 352 | 1 044 | |
| Russian Federation | 1 758 700 | 14 043 | 3 659 | 268 | |
| Greece | 0 | 0 | 9 756 | 905 | |
| Poland | 228 407 | 1 511 | 403 | 70 | |
| Romania | 0 | 0 | 33 123 | 344 | |
| Turkey | 0 | 0 | 37 616 | 3 226 | |
| 2523 | portlandcement, cement (total) | 294 947 | 12 470 | 584 756 | 25 806 |
| Belarus | 87 572 | 4 387 | 174 829 | 7 380 | |
| Moldova, Republic Of | 37 865 | 1 627 | 75 695 | 3 624 | |
| Russian Federation | 0 | 0 | 313 163 | 11 433 | |
| Romania | 70 256 | 2 763 | 0 | 0 | |
| Slovakia | 25 941 | 1 159 | 527 | 85 | |
| Hungary | 66 678 | 2 204 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2524 | asbestos (total) | 0 | 0 | 7 467 | 3 655 |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 6 821 | 3 361 | |
| Russian Federation | 0 | 0 | 646 | 294 | |
| 3816 | refractory cement (total) | 1 919 | 1 375 | 29 281 | 33 071 |
| Azerbaijan | 118 | 41 | 0 | 0 | |
| Moldova, Republic Of | 124 | 49 | 0 | 0 | |
| Russian Federation | 1 392 | 1 089 | 1 140 | 1 001 | |
| Greece | 0 | 0 | 5 004 | 2 392 | |
| Germany | 12 | 10 | 7 897 | 11 281 | |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 2 768 | 2 514 | |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 2 367 | 3 125 | |
| China | 0 | 0 | 3 335 | 4 294 | |