11 May 2016 17:29

Russia aluminum exports down 6.5%, copper soars nearly 24%, in Q1 - customs

MOSCOW. May 11 (Interfax) - Russian aluminum exports fell 6.5% year-on-year in January-March 2016 to 852,300 tonnes, the Federal Customs Service (FCS) said.

Nickel exports grew, by 2.7% to 54,100 tonnes and copper exports soared 23.9% to 136,500 tonnes.

Russian aluminum, copper and nickel exports and imports in Jan-March 2016:

	Overall exports		To non-CIS countries		To CIS countries
	'000 tonnes	$ mln	'000 tonnes	$ mln	'000 tonnes	$ mln
Export
Unprocessed aluminum	852,3	1 162,2	838,3	1 139,8	14,0	22,40
3M 2016/3M 2015, %	-6,5%	-37,3%	-6,8%	-37,6%	13,8%	-18,2%
Unprocessed nickel	54,1	452,1	54,1	450,8	0,1	1,30
3M 2016/3M 2015, %	2,7%	-39,4%	2,9%	-39,5%	-	44,4%
Refined copper	136,5	627,1	134,5	621,0	1,9	6,00
3M 2016/32M 2015, %	23,9%	-2,5%	23,3%	-2,8%	72,7%	36,4%
Import
Aluminum ores and concentrates	25,1	3,4	24,8	3,3	0,3	0,1
3M 2016/3M 2015, %	13,6%	-12,8%	14,3%	-13,2%	-40,0%	0,0%