According to the analysis of data by the Federal Customs Service of Ukraine, conducted by CementInfo.Ru, in 5 months (January - May) 2018:
- in May 2018 import of pebbles, gravel, crushed stone (HS code 2517) has made 56529 MT, since the beginning of 2018 - 79256 MT (in January-May 2017 - 55791 MT); export of pebbles, gravel, crushed stone in May 2018 has made 2799244 MT, since the beginning of 2018 - 3613857 MT (in January-May 2017 - 3226021 MT)
- in May 2018 import of portland cement, cement (HS code 2523) has made 236339 MT, since the beginning of 2018 - 349986 MT (in January-May 2017 - 537533 MT); export of portland cement, cement in May 2018 has made 134368 MT, since the beginning of 2018 - 187150 MT (in January-May 2017 - 80104 MT)
- in May 2018 import of asbestos (HS code 2524) has made 3103 MT, since the beginning of 2018 - 4008 MT (in January-May 2017 - 5125 MT); export of asbestos in May 2018 has made 0 MT, since the beginning of 2018 - 0 MT (in January-May 2017 - 0 MT)
- in May 2018 import of fireproof cements (HS code 3816) has made 16508 MT, since the beginning of 2018 - 20038 MT (in January-May 2017 - 20522 MT); export of fireproof cements in May 2018 has made 1082 MT, since the beginning of 2018 - 1439 MT (in January-May 2017 - 339 MT)
- The largest exporter of pebbles, gravel, crushed stone to Ukraine is Turkey (47.71%), the main importer of pebbles, gravel, crushed stone from Ukraine - Belarus (50.38%)
- The largest exporter of portland cement, cement to Ukraine is Russian Federation (42.90%), the main importer of portland cement, cement from Ukraine - Belarus (32.81%)
- The largest exporter of fireproof cements to Ukraine is Germany (37.05%), the main importer of fireproof cements from Ukraine - Russian Federation (80.00%)
Import and export of Ukraine for January - May 2018
| Commodity | Import | Export | Balance | ||
| Value, 1000$ | Volume, MT | Value, 1000$ | Volume, tn | ||
| pebbles, gravel, crushed stone | 4 722 | 79 256 | 24 949 | 3 613 857 | 20 227 |
| portland cement, cement | 15 386 | 349 986 | 7 763 | 187 150 | -7 623 |
| asbestos | 1 963 | 4 008 | -1 963 | ||
| fireproof cements | 23 777 | 20 038 | 1 014 | 1 439 | -22 763 |
Import of Ukraine for January - May 2018 by country
| Group | Commodity | Country | Volume in money equivalent, USD | ||
| 1000$ | Market share | In the reporting month (1000$) | |||
| 2517 | pebbles, gravel, crushed stone | Turkey | 2253 | 47.71% | 775 |
| Greece | 653 | 13.83% | 271 | ||
| Belarus | 645 | 13.66% | 122 | ||
| other countries | 1171 | 24.80% | 287 | ||
| 2523 | portland cement, cement | Russian Federation | 6601 | 42.90% | 1412 |
| Belarus | 5458 | 35.47% | 2447 | ||
| Moldova | 1681 | 10.93% | 569 | ||
| other countries | 1646 | 10.70% | 565 | ||
| 2524 | asbestos | Kazakhstan | 1732 | 88.23% | 437 |
| Russian Federation | 231 | 11.77% | 31 | ||
| 3816 | fireproof cements | Germany | 8809 | 37.05% | 1119 |
| China | 2739 | 11.52% | 500 | ||
| Czech Republic | 2466 | 10.37% | 216 | ||
| other countries | 9762 | 41.06% | 2093 | ||
Export of Ukraine for January - May 2018 by country
| Group | Commodity | Country | Volume in money equivalent, USD | ||
| 1000$ | Market share | In the reporting month (1000$) | |||
| 2517 | pebbles, gravel, crushed stone | Belarus | 12569 | 50.38% | 1395 |
| Russian Federation | 11138 | 44.64% | 4375 | ||
| Poland | 973 | 3.90% | 94 | ||
| other countries | 269 | 1.08% | 117 | ||
| 2523 | portland cement, cement | Belarus | 2547 | 32.81% | 601 |
| Romania | 1549 | 19.96% | 761 | ||
| Hungary | 1212 | 15.61% | 476 | ||
| other countries | 2454 | 31.62% | 331 | ||
| 2524 | asbestos | ||||
| 3816 | fireproof cements | Russian Federation | 812 | 80.00% | 188 |
| Moldova | 41 | 4.04% | 2 | ||
| Azerbaijan | 41 | 4.04% | 8 | ||
| other countries | 121 | 11.92% | 25 | ||