Belarus accounts for 50.77% of Ukraine’s bitumen market in August, down 2.07pp

<p> MINSK, Sep 6 - PrimePress. Belarus accounted for 50.77% of bitumen imported by Ukraine in August 2021, down 2.07pp month on month, according to the portal еnkorr with reference to the data of Consulting Group A-95 (Ukraine). </p> <p>   </p> <p> In August 2021, Ukraine imported 149,100 tons of paving bitumen. The largest amount of resources was supplied from Belarus – 75,700 tons. </p> <p>   </p> <p> The largest supplier of Belarusian bitumen was the company Cantarell Ukraine, which imported 28,100 tons, Alliance Energo Trade (AET) and Bitex supplied 19,700 tons and 15,300 tons, respectively. </p> <p>   </p> <p> A-95 experts forecast that bitumen consumption in Ukraine could reach 1.5m tonnes in 2021, compared to 1.1m tonnes in 2020. </p> <p>   </p> <p> Road bitumen is supplied to Ukraine by Belarusian oil refineries - Naftan (Novopolotsk, Vitebsk Oblast) and Mozyr Oil Refinery (Gomel Oblast), as well as the Belarusian production unitary enterprise Neftebitumny Zavod (Minsk Oblast). </p> <p>   </p> <p> Belarus increased road bitumen export to Ukraine in 2020 by 77% on the year to 582,600 tonnes. In 2020, Ukraine imported 860,200 tonnes of road bitumen from all countries, twice as much as in 2019. </p> <p>   </p> <p> Petroleum bitumen is produced from a component of commercial fuel oil - tar and is used as the main component for the production of asphalt concrete. End </p> <p>   </p>

2021-09-07

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