Russia's Federal State Statistics Service disclosed that the country's
stainless steel
production fell 34.1 percent year on year to 66,020 tons in the first eleven months of the year.
In November alone,
stainless steel
production amounted to 7,890 tons. This indicates a year-on-year decrease of 17.1 percent.
Russia produced 109,730 tons of
stainless steel in 2004, down 15.6 percent over 2003.