Quota utilization levels of Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan

In the first four months of 2006, Russia utilized 43 percent of the steel quota allocated by the European Union (EU), while Ukraine utilized 36 percent of the revised quota allocated to it by the EU and Kazakhstan utilized 13 percent of the steel quota allocated by the EU. In line with the recent statistics, Russia exported a total of 975,000 tons of steel products to the EU in the first four months of 2006; the quota allocated to Russia is 2,273,000 tons for 2006. Specifically, Russia used 56 percent of its hot rolled coil quota (520,053 of 931,000 allotted tons), 45 percent of its plate quota (88,069 of 195,000 allotted tons), 41 percent of its alloy sheet quota (41,375 of 100,000 allotted tons), 23 percent of its beam quota (10,724 of 46,000 allotted tons), and 21 percent of its wire rod quota (37,353 of 177,000 allotted tons). On the other hand, Ukraine exported a total of 360,000 tons of steel products to the EU in the first four months of 2006, filling 36 percent of its total revised quota of 1,005,000 tons. Specifically, Ukraine filled 40 percent of its coil quota (61,143 of 154,000 allotted tons), 32 percent of its heavy plate quota (113,435 of 357,000 allotted tons), 53 percent of its wire rod quota (68,000 of 128,000 allotted tons), and 24 percent of its beam quota (7,391 of 31,000 allotted tons). On the other hand, Kazakhstan exported a total of 26,000 tons of steel products to the EU in the first four months of 2006, filling 13 percent of its total quota of 205,000 tons. Specifically, Kazakhstan filled 13 percent of its hot rolled coil quota (11,291 of 87,000 allotted tons) and 12 percent of its other flat rolled quota (14,511 of 118,000 allotted tons).