In January-March, Russia’s exports totaled $104.9 billion, up by 1.4% YoY.
The share of metal and wares was 9.5%, down from 10.4%.
The share of far foreign countries decreased to 9.1% from 10.1%, while of CIS grew from 12.5%, to 12.7%.
The volumes of ferroalloys exports increased by 26.1%, and of semi-finished products of iron and unalloyed steel – by 3.6%.
At the same time the exports of pig iron dropped by 17.4%, and of flat rolled iron and unalloyed steel – by 8.6%. (Ukrainian metal)