In the January-November period of 2015, Russia’s ferrous metal import volume decreased by 27.8 percent year on year to 3.7 million mt, according to the Russian Federal Customs Service. During the given period, Russia’s steel tube import volume decreased by 42.1 percent year on year to 368,000 mt.
In the first 11 months of last year, Russia's ferrous metal import value decreased to $167 billion.