According to the data released by the Russian Federation's Federal Customs Service, in the first five months of 2008
Russia exported 12.588 million metric tons of ferrous metals (excluding
pig iron, ferroalloys and
scrap) - up three percent, 1.878 million metric tons of
pig iron - down 14.6 percent, 315,800 metric tons of ferroalloys - down 3.6 percent, 7.103 million metric tons of semi-finished steel products - up 7.6 percent, 3.507 million metric tons of flat rolled products - up 3.1 percent, 9.224 million metric tons of
iron ore and concentrate - down 6.4 percent, and 1.219 million metric tons of coke and semi-coke - down 1.7 percent, all compared to the corresponding period of 2007.
During the period in question,
Russia decreased its ferrous metal imports (excluding
pig iron, ferroalloys and
scrap) by 21.3 percent and its steel
pipe imports by 30 percent year on year, to 1.889 million metric tons and 445,200 metric tons respectively.