In January-April Russian imports totaled $75 billion, up by 18.6% YoY.
Far foreign countries accounted for 88.9% of all supplies, while CIS countries – 11.1%.
The share of metal grew to 7.2% from 6.8% in January-April 2017.
In physical terms imports increased by 26% and in money terms – by 25.2%.
Ferrous metals imports grew by 27.5%. At the sale time pipe deliveries dropped by 9.1%, and flat rolled metal – by 1.1%. (Ukrainian metal)