In 2015, consumption of coated flat rolled metal in Russia may be at the level of last year

S.Maslennikov, CEO of Steelinvest, has spoken at the conference "Painted and galvanized rolled steel-2015", which is currently underway in Moscow.

He noted that at the beginning of last year, it was expected that the consumption of coated steel in Russia would be about 6.0 million tons in 2014, but the actual consumption was 5.64 million tons, i.e., almost at the level of 2013 Thus, in the first 5 months of the year there was an increase in consumption as compared to 2013 (+ 3%), but in the next 5 months there was the decrease in the consumption (-3% over 10 months).

The consumption of galvanized rolled steel in Russia reached 3.34 million tons, while Russian manufacturers provided 77% of this volume. The import amounted to 740 thousand tons, decreased by 9% as compared with the previous year.