Ukraine’s 2025 bauxite imports climb strongly, reshaping raw material flows

The ongoing trade activities, as of 2025, Ukraine revealed various new signals spanning across the bauxite and aluminium raw materials landscape. This is mainly because in 2025, the country expanded its imports of bauxite by 23.7 per cent in physical terms, reaching 43.5 thousand tonnes in comparison to the previous year.

Ukraine's bauxite imports in 2025

As per the statistics shared by the State Customs Service (SCS), in 2025, Ukraine's imports of bauxite expanded by 15.8 per cent, reaching USD 4.754 million in monetary terms. The major countries from where the imports were taken include Turkey, holding the lion's share of 81.84 per cent of supplies in monetary terms, followed by China at 15.97 per cent and then finally Guyana at 2.19 per cent. Unlike 2024 and 2023, the country did not re-export bauxite in 2025.

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Ukraine's bauxite imports before 2025

In comparison to 2023, Ukraine's imports in 2024 in physical terms rose by 77.4 per cent, shifting to 35,173 thousand tonnes and by 74 per cent in monetary terms, valued at USD 4.107 million. The main countries exporting to Ukraine came from Turkey, holding 78.48 per cent of supplies in monetary terms, followed by China at 19.48 per cent and Spain at 1.9 per cent.

In 2023, Ukraine imported a total of 19,830 thousand tonnes of bauxite, which was worth around USD 2.360 million. However, in 2022, the imports of bauxite by Ukraine decreased by 81.5 per cent in physical terms in comparison to the previous year.

In 2022, the country's bauxite imports declined by 81.5 per cent in comparison to the previous year, reaching 945,396 thousand tonnes. In monetary terms, the decline continued by 79.6 per cent to USD 48.166 million and the main countries exporting to Ukraine were Guinea, holding 58.90 per cent of supplies in monetary terms, followed by Brazil at 27.19 per cent and Ghana at 7.48 per cent.

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The difference in imports in 2025 vs. the years prior

In 2025, Ukraine’s bauxite import showed a significant change from the ups and downs of previous years, mainly due to a sharp drop in 2022, which followed a recovery in 2023 and 2024. 

Import volumes are set to rise by an impressive 23.7 per cent year-on-year, reaching 43.5 thousand tonnes, with the value of imports also on the upswing. Unlike the prior years, which were marked by bouncing back from steep declines and the influence of re-exports, 2025 presents a more organised sourcing strategy. 

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