According to the data released by the Russian Federation's Federal Customs Service, in the first seven months of 2008
Russia exported 17.368 million metric tons of ferrous metals (excluding
pig iron, ferroalloys and
scrap) - up 7.6 percent, 3.156 million metric tons of
pig iron - up three percent, 451,800 metric tons of ferroalloys - up eight percent, 9.978 million metric tons of semi-finished steel products - up 13.5 percent, 4.682 million metric tons of flat rolled products - up 2.6 percent, 13.01 million metric tons of
iron ore and concentrate - down 2.4 percent, and 1.926 million metric tons of coke and semi-coke - up 4.7, all compared to the first seven months of 2007.