In 2010, Severstal Cherepovets, the main steel producing facility of Severstal Russian Steel, plans to increase its deliveries to the Russian domestic market. Thus, in the first quarter of 2010, Severstal Cherepovets plans to up its shipments to the domestic market to 60 percent of its output.
In December 2009, Severstal Cherepovets sold 52 percent of its total output to the Russian domestic market, while at the beginning of 2009 the figure was 42 percent.