Quota utilization levels of Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan

In the first seven months of 2006, Russia utilized 64 percent of the steel quota allocated by the European Union (EU), while Ukraine utilized 61 percent of the revised quota allocated to it by the EU and Kazakhstan utilized 44 percent of the steel quota allocated by the EU. In line with the recent statistics, Russia exported a total of 1,443,500 tons of steel products to the EU in the first seven months of 2006; the quota allocated to Russia is 2,273,000 tons for 2006. Specifically, Russia used 76 percent of its hot rolled coil quota (710,000 of 931,000 allotted tons), 64 percent of its plate quota (125,000 of 195,000 allotted tons), 48 percent of its alloy sheet quota (48,000 of 100,000 allotted tons), 42 percent of its beam quota (19,000 of 46,000 allotted tons), and 48 percent of its wire rod quota (84,000 of 177,000 allotted tons). On the other hand, Ukraine exported a total of 616,000 tons of steel products to the EU in the first seven months of 2006, filling 61 percent of its total quota of 1,005,000 tons. Specifically, Ukraine filled 73 percent of its coil quota (112,000 of 154,000 allotted tons), 50 percent of its heavy plate quota (176,000 of 357,000 allotted tons), 57 percent of its wire rod quota (74,000 of 128,000 allotted tons), and 67 percent of its beam quota (20,000 of 31,000 allotted tons). On the other hand, Kazakhstan exported a total of 90,000 tons of steel products to the EU in the first seven months of 2006, filling 44 percent of its total quota of 205,000 tons. Specifically, Kazakhstan filled 53 percent of its hot rolled coil quota (46,000 of 87,000 allotted tons) and 38 percent of its other flat rolled quota (44,000 of 118,000 allotted tons). *All numbers are given in round figures.