According to the analysis of data by the Federal Customs Service of Ukraine, conducted by CementInfo.Ru, in 10 months (January - October) 2018:
- in October 2018 import of pebbles, gravel, crushed stone (HS code 2517) has made 53536 MT, since the beginning of 2018 - 274238 MT (in January-October 2017 - 186325 MT); export of pebbles, gravel, crushed stone in October 2018 has made 489078 MT, since the beginning of 2018 - 5997747 MT (in January-October 2017 - 7002135 MT)
- in October 2018 import of portland cement, cement (HS code 2523) has made 60160 MT, since the beginning of 2018 - 856681 MT (in January-October 2017 - 1196732 MT); export of portland cement, cement in October 2018 has made 56438 MT, since the beginning of 2018 - 457636 MT (in January-October 2017 - 247616 MT)
- in October 2018 import of asbestos (HS code 2524) has made 146 MT, since the beginning of 2018 - 10846 MT (in January-October 2017 - 13646 MT); export of asbestos in October 2018 has made 0 MT, since the beginning of 2018 - 0 MT (in January-October 2017 - 3 MT)
- in October 2018 import of fireproof cements (HS code 3816) has made 5380 MT, since the beginning of 2018 - 44888 MT (in January-October 2017 - 41018 MT); export of fireproof cements in October 2018 has made 119 MT, since the beginning of 2018 - 2628 MT (in January-October 2017 - 1813 MT)
- The largest exporter of pebbles, gravel, crushed stone to Ukraine is Turkey (46.48%), the main importer of pebbles, gravel, crushed stone from Ukraine - Russian Federation (48.82%)
- The largest exporter of portland cement, cement to Ukraine is Russian Federation (43.02%), the main importer of portland cement, cement from Ukraine - Belarus (30.74%)
- The largest exporter of fireproof cements to Ukraine is Germany (34.02%), the main importer of fireproof cements from Ukraine - Russian Federation (72.12%)
Import and export of Ukraine for January - October 2018
| Commodity | Import | Export | Balance | ||
| Value, 1000$ | Volume, MT | Value, 1000$ | Volume, tn | ||
| pebbles, gravel, crushed stone | 12 976 | 274 238 | 42 386 | 5 997 747 | 29 410 |
| portland cement, cement | 37 852 | 856 681 | 19 170 | 457 636 | -18 682 |
| asbestos | 5 331 | 10 846 | -5 331 | ||
| fireproof cements | 51 524 | 44 888 | 1 717 | 2 628 | -49 807 |
Import of Ukraine for January - October 2018 by country
| Group | Commodity | Country | Volume in money equivalent, USD | ||
| 1000$ | Market share | In the reporting month (1000$) | |||
| 2517 | pebbles, gravel, crushed stone | Turkey | 6031 | 46.48% | 960 |
| Belarus | 2024 | 15.60% | 286 | ||
| Greece | 1617 | 12.46% | 238 | ||
| other countries | 3304 | 25.46% | 480 | ||
| 2523 | portland cement, cement | Russian Federation | 16284 | 43.02% | 221 |
| Belarus | 10263 | 27.11% | 1287 | ||
| Moldova | 6452 | 17.05% | 1158 | ||
| other countries | 4852 | 12.82% | 791 | ||
| 2524 | asbestos | Kazakhstan | 4936 | 92.61% | 73 |
| Russian Federation | 394 | 7.39% | 10 | ||
| 3816 | fireproof cements | Germany | 17526 | 34.02% | 1974 |
| China | 6879 | 13.35% | 1317 | ||
| Czech Republic | 4091 | 7.94% | 305 | ||
| other countries | 23028 | 44.69% | 2667 | ||
Export of Ukraine for January - October 2018 by country
| Group | Commodity | Country | Volume in money equivalent, USD | ||
| 1000$ | Market share | In the reporting month (1000$) | |||
| 2517 | pebbles, gravel, crushed stone | Russian Federation | 20695 | 48.82% | 2352 |
| Belarus | 18082 | 42.66% | 736 | ||
| Poland | 2637 | 6.22% | 448 | ||
| other countries | 973 | 2.30% | 150 | ||
| 2523 | portland cement, cement | Belarus | 5893 | 30.74% | 378 |
| Romania | 5115 | 26.68% | 797 | ||
| Hungary | 3980 | 20.76% | 573 | ||
| other countries | 4182 | 21.82% | 534 | ||
| 2524 | asbestos | ||||
| 3816 | fireproof cements | Russian Federation | 1239 | 72.12% | 20 |
| Belarus | 92 | 5.36% | 33 | ||
| Moldova | 61 | 3.55% | 5 | ||
| other countries | 326 | 18.98% | 12 | ||