In the first two months of 2010, Russia utilized 13.6 percent of its steel quota of 3,184,445 mt allocated to it by the European Union (EU) for the current year, while Kazakhstan utilized zero percent of its allocated EU quota of 205,000 mt.
According to the latest figures, Russia exported a total of 433,980 mt of steel products to the EU in the first two months of the current year, including 400,651 mt of flat steel products (i.e., 17.8 percent of the allotted 2,253,592 mt) and 33,329 mt of long steel products (i.e., 3.6 percent of the allotted 930,853 mt).
Specifically, Russia used 27.3 percent of its hot rolled coil quota (296,742 of the allotted 1,087,397 mt), 3.24 percent of its plate quota (9,359 of the allotted 288,922 mt), 1.04 percent of its alloyed CR and coated sheet quota (1,200 of the allotted 115.569 mt), and 6.08 percent of its wire rod quota (20,685 of the allotted 340,402 mt).
On the other hand, in January-February 2010, Kazakhstan did not supply any steel products to the EU.
* All numbers are based on figures released by official European Union sources.