In January-May, export of ferrous metals from Russia grew

According to the Federal Customs Service, in January-May 2014, the export volumes of flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel increased by 9.1% to 3.36 million tons as compared with the same period of the previous year. At the same time, 2.76 million tons of products (+17.3%) were shipped to the non-CIS countries, and 597.4 thousand tons (-17.5%) to the CIS countries.

The volume of the cast iron export also grew by 28.6% (1.71 million tons). As for the non-CIS countries, the growth made up 27.4% to 1.64 million tons; as for the CIS states, it was 68.5% (65.9 thousand tons).
The export of ferroalloys increased by 1.1% to 387.2 thousand tons At the same time, the growth on the non-CIS countries made up1.8% (367.2 thousand tons), and on the CIS stated the export decreased by 10% (20 thousand tons).