In 2018 Russia imported 309.5 thousand tons of flat corrosion-resistant steel valued at $712 million, up by 10.5% and by 17% YoY respectively. This is also the highest result in the past 10 years. Sheet with the width of 600+ mm accounts for some 90% of imports. The main supplier was China (51%), which increased…
In January-November 2018 the share of metal and wares in the overall import structure grew to 7.2% from 7.9% last year. In particular, in imports from far foreign countries their share increased to 5.9% from 5.7%, and from CIS countries – to 17.6% from 16.8%. According to the Federal Customs Service, in money terms imports…
In January-July Russia imported 1.31 million tons of Ukrainian rolled metal and pipes, up by 37.4% YoY. According to the customs statistics, bars and sections account for 54%, in particular, construction rebars and wire rod for 51%, up by 71.8% and 4.3-fold respectively. Deliveries of flat rolled metal grew by 2.5%, to 34%. The share…
In July Russia imported 42.5 thousand tons of flat galvanized rolled metal with polymer coating, down by 44% YoY. In 7 months imports dropped by 35.9%, to 222.4 thousand tons. China supplied the most metal (86.9 thousand tons, down by 58.3%). The average price on the Russian border was $886.7 per ton without VAT. It…
In January-July Russian imports grew by 11.8% YoY, to $136.9 billion. According to the customs statistics, the share of metal and metal wares was 7.3%, up from 7.1%. The share of far foreign countries was flat at 5.9%, while that of CIS countries went up to 18.5% from 16.3%. The monetary value of imports grew…
In January-June Russia imported 1.13 million tons of rolled steel and pipes from Ukraine, up by 47.8% YoY. The share of bars and sections is around 55%, up 2-fold. Flat rolled metal accounts for 32.9%, up by 1.4%, while pipes dropped 2-fold, to 3.3%. (Ukrainian metal)
In June Russia imported 71.3 thousand tons of flat galvanized metal, down by 2% YoY. In 6 months imports dropped by 10.2%, to 340.4 thousand tons. Deliveries from Kazakhstan decreased by 6%, to 173.6 thousand tons, at an average price on the Russian border of $767.5 per ton without VAT. Galvanized imports from China dropped…
In June Russia imported 48.3 thousand tons of flat polymer-coated rolled metal, down by 21.2% YoY. In January-June imports fell by 33.7% YoY, to 180 thousand tons, of which 71.6 thousand tons accounted for China, down by 55%. The average price on the Russian border was $893.7 per ton without VAT. Deliveries from Kazakhstan grew…