In January Russia exported 1.18 million tons of semi-finished steel products, up by 2.4% YoY, but down by 13.8% MoM.
According to the customs statistics, revenue grew by 28.2% YoY, but dropped by 10.5% MoM, to $569 million.
The main destination of Russian slabs and billets export in January was Taiwan, which accounted for 18.5%. It was followed by Mexico (18%) and Egypt (17.4%). (Ukrainian metal)