In the January-October period this year, Russia’s ferrous metal import volume decreased by 29.1 percent to 3.3 million mt year on year, according to the Russian Federal Customs Service.
During the given period, Russia’s steel tube import volume decreased by 42.3 percent to 347,000 mt, while its volume of flat product imports declined by 40 percent, year on year, as reported by the Federal Customs Service.