Quota utilization levels of Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan

In the first eight months of 2006, Russia utilized 63 percent of the revised steel quota allocated by the European Union (EU), while Ukraine utilized 67 percent of the revised quota allocated to it by the EU and Kazakhstan utilized 58 percent of the steel quota allocated by the EU. In line with the recent statistics, Russia exported a total of 1,531,500 tons of steel products to the EU in the first eight months of 2006; the revised quota allocated to Russia is 2,428,000 tons for 2006. Specifically, Russia used 75 percent of its hot rolled coil quota (744,000 of 995,000 allotted tons), 66 percent of its plate quota (132,000 of 201,000 allotted tons), 47 percent of its alloy sheet quota (48,000 of 103,000 allotted tons), 41 percent of its beam quota (21,000 of 50,000 allotted tons), and 55 percent of its wire rod quota (107,000 of 195,000 allotted tons). On the other hand, Ukraine exported a total of 708,500 tons of steel products to the EU in the first eight months of 2006, filling 67 percent of its total quota of 1,065,000 tons. Specifically, Ukraine filled 83 percent of its coil quota (140,000 of 169,000 allotted tons), 58 percent of its heavy plate quota (212,000 of 364,000 allotted tons), 53 percent of its wire rod quota (73,000 of 138,000 allotted tons), and 69 percent of its beam quota (22,000 of 33,000 allotted tons). On the other hand, Kazakhstan exported a total of 119,000 tons of steel products to the EU in the first eight months of 2006, filling 58 percent of its total quota of 205,000 tons. Specifically, Kazakhstan filled 82 percent of its hot rolled coil quota (71,000 of 87,000 allotted tons) and 40 percent of its other flat rolled quota (48,000 of 118,000 allotted tons). *All numbers are given in round figures.