According to the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat), in the January-February period of the current year Russia's ferrous metal exports increased by 17.6 percent year on year to 5.861 million mt, including 428,000 mt of pig iron, down 36.5 percent year on year. The total value of Russia's ferrous metal exports in January-February this year was $3.548 billion.
Meanwhile, in the given period Russia registered a 23.1 percent increase year on year in its ferrous metal imports to 759,700 mt, with a total value of $749.1 million.