According to the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat), in the January-September period of the current year Russia's ferrous metal exports increased by 14.9 percent year on year to 30.025 million mt, including 3.202 million mt of pig iron, down 0.4 percent year on year. The total value of Russia's ferrous metal exports in January-September this year was $17.594 billion, up 7.4 percent year on year.
Meanwhile, in the given period Russia registered a 10.4 percent increase year on year in its ferrous metal imports to 4.748 million mt, with a total value of $4.672 billion.