In December of last year, according to the customs and railway (the countries of the Customs Union) statistics, exports of black scrap from Russia amounted to 454,6 thousand tons Is 8.9% below the volume of shipments of November and a 12.5% figure of December 2011.
In January-December 2012 the volume of shipments amounted to 5,45 million tons, 1.1% lower than the same indicator of 2011. The levels of 2009 and 2010 exceeded 1.9 and 1.3 times, respectively.
Approximately 37% (2 million tons) of all shipments this year are carried out to Turkey. Thus, compared with the same period of 2011 the volume of supply in this country declined by 1.1%. In second place Belarus exports amounted to 1.44 million tons (-10.2%). In third place is South Korea (700,4 thousand tons, +8,9%).
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