In the first quarter of the current year,
Russia's ferrous metal export volume increased by 5.04 percent year on year to 9.3 million mt, including 3.11 million mt of semi-finished products, down 8.7 percent year on year, and 2.02 million mt of flat steel products, up 10.2 percent year on year, according to the State Statistics Committee of
Russia (Russtat). The total value of
Russia's ferrous metal exports in January-March this year was $4.92 billion, up 0.75 percent year on year.