Russia: steel semis exports up in January 2018
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%.…