In September–October, prices for construction steel products increased by UAH 3-6 thousand per tonne for most positions. Based on the results of September–October, domestic prices for rolled steel of the construction assortment rose significantly for almost all types of steel products. The increase in quotations averaged UAH 3–6 thousand per tonne. A price decrease — within UAH 1,000 per tonne — was observed only for channel No. 18. This is evidenced by the dynamics of the consolidated price index for construction-purpose rolled products of the Ukrainian Center for Steel Construction Association, GMK Center writes.
Since the beginning of the year, prices for steel products of the construction assortment have increased across all positions:
hot-rolled sheet 5–14 mm — by 34.8% to UAH 47.5 thousand per tonne;
profile pipe 100×4 — by 31.2% to UAH 50.2 thousand per tonne;
round pipe 114×4 — by 29.2% to UAH 50.7 thousand per tonne;
angle 63×5 — by 29.4% to UAH 44.1 thousand per tonne;
beam No. 20 — by 18.2% to UAH 47.5 thousand per tonne;
channel No. 18 — by 2.7% to UAH 60.1 thousand per tonne.
Recall that the capacity of the rebar segment in the Ukrainian domestic market in the first half of 2026 (according to Metinvest-SMC estimates) grew by 26% — to 447 thousand tonnes. Consumption of beams, angles and channels increased by 14% — to 112 thousand tonnes. In the hot-rolled products segment, growth of 10% was recorded — to 535 thousand tonnes. The total volume of steel product consumption in the Ukrainian market (excluding polymer-coated rolled products, seamless pipes, stainless rolled products and tinplate) in the first half of 2026 increased by 5% y/y and amounted to 1.73 million tonnes.
As GMK Center reported, over the eight months of the current year, the volume of completed construction work in Ukraine in January–August 2026 decreased by 9.9% compared to the same period last year and amounted to UAH 156.6 billion. A decline compared to the same period of 2025 occurred across all components of construction work: construction of engineering structures — by 13.7% to UAH 81.5 billion; construction of non-residential buildings — by 6.3% to UAH 52.3 billion; construction of residential buildings — by 3.8% to UAH 22.7 billion.
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