According to the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat), in the January-April period of the current year Russia's ferrous metal exports increased by 17.8 percent year on year to 12.9 million mt, including 1.357 million mt of pig iron, up 6.5 percent year on year. The total value of Russia's ferrous metal exports in January-April this year was $7.7 billion.
Meanwhile, in the given period Russia registered a 20.5 percent increase year on year in its ferrous metal imports to 1.8 million mt, with a total value of $1.8 billion.