According to the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat), in the January-June period of the current year Russia's ferrous metal exports increased by 14.6%YoY to 20.07 million tonnes including 2.214 million tonnes of pig iron up by 6%YoY. The total value of Russia's ferrous metal exports in January to June this year was USD 11.936 billion up by 10.7%YoY.

In the given period Russia registered a 34% decrease YoY in its ferrous metal imports to 2.959 million tonnes with a total value of USD 2.954 billion.

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