Interagency commission officially publishes distribution of quotas on imports of coking coal to Ukraine

The interagency commission for distributing quotas on imports of coking coal for 2013 has officially posted the recommended distribution of the quotas determined at a meeting of the commission held on May 17, 2013, on the Web site of the Economic Development and Trade Ministry of Ukraine.

According to the document, a total of 28 companies were candidates for receiving the quotas, and ten companies did not receive quotas.

The quotas were not given to Krasnohrad Vegetable Factory LLC, Gas Group LLC, private joint-stock company ARS, Energoimpeks LLC, Industrial Group Fuel Company LLC, Krymcement, public joint-stock company Ivano-Frankivskcement, public joint-stock company Podilsky Cement, public joint-stock company Yugcement and public joint-stock company Volyn-Cement.

The quotas were distributed in the following way: Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works – 64,285 tonnes, public joint-stock company Alchevskkoks - 968,572 tonnes (both from the ISD Corporation), Yasynivsky coking and chemical plant – 138,000 tonnes, Donetsksteel metallurgical plant – 36,000 tonnes, Makiyivkoks– 66,000 tonnes (all three from the Donetsksteel Group), Zaporizhstal – 155,000 tonnes, Metinvest-holding LLC – 296,600 tonnes, Avdiyivka Coke and Chemicals Plant – 1.040 million tonnes, Azovstal – 103,000 tonnes, Mariupol Illich Steel Works – 390,000 tonnes, Zaporizhkoks – 126,400 tonnes, Donetskkoks – 34,000 tonnes, Yenakiyeve Coke and Chemicals Plant – 60,000 tonnes (all eight from the Metinvest Group), Evraz Dniproprodzerzhinsky Coke and Chemical Plant – 45,000 tonnes, Evraz Bahliykoks – 137,143 tonnes, Evraz Petrovsky Metallurgical Plant – 237,471 tonnes (all three from the Evraz Group), ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih – 181,286 tonnes and Istek LLC – 75,000 tonnes.

Director General of Ukrkoks Association (Dnipropetrovsk), Anatoliy Starovoit, who is a member of the commission, told Interfax-Ukraine earlier that quotas of 10.2 million tonnes would be in effect from June 1, 2013. The commission decided to distribute the quotas for three months, from June 1 to August 31, 2013. The quotas for the rest of the period would be distributed later.

Starovoit said that only the bids from producers and end consumers were discussed at the meeting, while there were bids from companies that are not related to coke production and coal consumption.

He also said that the date of the next meeting has not been set.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on March 13, 2013 decided to set quotas on imports of coking coal to protect the interests of national producers, although the resolution has not yet been published. The decision was taken to introduce a 10.2 million tonne quota on imported coking coal, including a 2.5 million tonne quota on high-quality coal for burning pulverized coal.