According to the data released by the Russian Federation's Federal Customs Service, in the first five months of 2007
Russia exported 12.2 million metric tons of ferrous metals (excluding
pig iron, ferroalloys and
scrap) - down 4.1 percent, 2.2 million metric tons of
pig iron - down 13.4 percent, 327,600 metric tons of ferroalloys - up 28 percent, 6.6 million metric tons of semi-finished steel products - up 4.5 percent, 3.4 million metric tons of flat rolled products - down 17.8 percent, 9.85 million metric tons of
iron ore and concentrate - up 14.6 percent, and 1.24 million metric tons of coke and semi-coke - up 2.14-fold, all compared to the first five months of 2006.
During the period in question,
Russia increased its ferrous metal imports (excluding
pig iron, ferroalloys and
scrap) by 71 percent and its steel
pipe imports by 45 percent year on year, to 2.4 million metric tons and 637,300 metric tons respectively.