According to the information issued by the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy, up to October 1 this year Ukraine utilized 22.04 percent of its annual quota for rebar exports to Russia and 45.74 percent of its new annual quota for cold rolled steel exports to the same destination, supplying a total of 80,002 metric tons and 96,057 metric tons respectively.
According to the agreement signed between Russia and Ukraine, Ukraine's yearly quota for cold rolled exports to Russia stands at 210,000 metric tons for the 12 months from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 - up 5,000 mt compared to the previous annual quota. During the previous month, Ukraine significantly increased its exports of the products in question to the Russia, with deliveries rising by almost 21 percent (44,000 mt) in September alone.
Meanwhile, also according to the agreement between the countries, the yearly quota for Ukraine regarding rebar exports to Russia is 363,000 metric tons for 2009.