Azerbaijan: metal imports in H1 2017

In January-June Azerbaijan imported 133.7 thousand tons of rolled metal, down by 1.4% YoY, valued at $83.536 million. According to the statistics, ferrous rods imports increased by 15.9%, to 52.835 thousand tons valued at $26.963 million, ferrous angles by 36.6%, to 19.115 thousand tons at $13.383 million, while imports of ferrous pipes dropped by 66.5%…

Russia: metal imports up in H1 2017

In January-June Russia considerably increased imports of metal products. According to the Federal Customs Service, Russia imported 3.018 million tons of ferrous metals, up 1.6-fold YoY. Far foreign countries supplied 1.134 million tons, while CIS countries – 1.885 million tons (0.615 million and 1.238 million tons in 2016 respectively). Ferrous metals imports not taking into…