According to data released by the State General Administration of Customs (STS), the import volume of nickel ore and concentrate in Ukraine from January to April 2022 decreased by 22.9% year-on-year to 285,900 wet tons; in currency terms, the import value of nickel ore fell by 24.1% to 1307.2 Ten thousand U.S. dollars. Its ore is mainly imported from Guatemala (100% of deliveries are denominated in currency).

According to reports, compared with 2020, Ukraine's nickel ore and concentrate imports in 2021 decreased by 20.6% to 1.236 million wet tons. In currency terms, the value of nickel ore imports fell 22.2% to $58.929 million.

Pobuzhsky Ferronickel Plant (PFP, Kirovohrad region, part of Solway Group) imports nickel ore into Ukraine. PFP processes approximately 1.2 million wet tons of ore per year.