As of April 6, 2010, Russia utilized 25.2 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 802,791 mt of steel products to the EU in the first three months of the current year (of which about 368,800 mt were exported in March alone), including 758,812 mt of flat steel products (i.e., about 33.7 percent of the allotted 2,253,592 mt) and 43,979 mt of long steel products (i.e., 4.7 percent of the allotted 930,853 mt).
Specifically, Russia used 50.47 percent of its hot rolled coil quota (548,805 of the allotted 1,087,397 mt), 5.41 percent of its plate quota (15,643 of the allotted 288,922 mt), 25.03 percent of its alloyed CR and coated sheet quota (28,929 of the allotted 115,569 mt), and 6.23 percent of its wire rod quota (21,219 of the allotted 340,402 mt).
The biggest part of Russia's March exports to the EU included hot rolled coils and alloyed cold rolled and coated sheets (about 252,000 mt and 27,725 mt respectively).
On the other hand, in January-March 2010, Kazakhstan did not supply any steel products to the EU.
* All numbers are based on figures released by official European Union sources.