According to the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat), in the January-August period of the current year Russia's exports of iron ore decreased by 3.9 percent compared to the same period of last year to 16.89 million mt, worth a total of $1.762 billion, down 13 percent year on year.
In the January-August period, Russian exports of coal increased by 23 percent year on year to 83.7million mt, worth a total of $8.711 billion, up 30.7 percent year on year.
In the given period, Russia exported 1.392 million mt of coke and semi-coke, up 21.2 percent year on year, worth a total of $346.6 million, up 1.3 percent year on year.