In 2017 Russia exported 0.1363 million tons of raw nickel, down by 26.6% YoY. Almost all the volume was sold to the far foreign countries (0.136 million tons).
According to the Federal Customs Service, raw aluminum exports dropped from 3.481 million tons in 2016 to 3.208 million tons in 2017. Far foreign countries accounted for 3.131 million tons.
Raw copper exports grew by 15%, to 0.5899 million tons, with the share of the far foreign countries at 0.5823 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)