Russia exports $10.7 bln in ferrous metals in 9 mths
MOSCOW. Nov 6 (Interfax) - Russia exported 27.73 million tonnes of ferrous metals for a total of $10.668 billion in January-September 2009, the Federal Customs Service (FCS) said.
These exports accounted for 11.6% of overall Russian exports to the non-CIS in value.
Ferrous exports to the non-CIS fell 14.1% in tonnage, including 16.6% for iron and non-alloyed steel semis, 16.5% for pig iron and 7.9% for ferroalloys, however flat iron and unalloyed steel products were up 34.1%.
Ferrous exports accounted for 13.6% of Russian exports to the CIS, up from 13.2% a year previously. Exports to the CIS fell 42.9% in value. They fell 30.7% in tonnage, including drops of 25.2% for iron and non-alloyed steel semis, 50.2% for flat iron and unalloyed steel products, 73.7% for direct reduced iron products and 74.2% for flat alloyed steel products.
Core Russian ferrous metal and related exports in Jan-September 2009:
| Commodity | Total | Non-CIS | CIS | |||
| '000 tonnes | $ mln | '000 tonnes | $ mln | '000 tonnes | $ mln | |
| Iron ore concentrates | 14 537,9 | 612,5 | 11 954,2 | 509,1 | 2 583,7 | 103,4 |
| Bituminous coal | 76 080,3 | 5 489,8 | 70 722,8 | 5 101,6 | 5 357,5 | 388,2 |
| Coke and semi-coke | 1 282,4 | 271,0 | 830,2 | 209,2 | 452,2 | 61,8 |
| Ferrous metals | 27 730,1 | 10 668,5 | 25 841,7 | 9 694,7 | 1 888,4 | 973,8 |
| Ferrous metals (excluding pig iron, ferroalloys, scrap and waste) | 20 687,9 | 8 127,6 | 19 008,6 | 7 241,5 | 1 679,3 | 886,1 |
| Pig iron | 3 425,2 | 969,0 | 3 411,8 | 964,6 | 13,4 | 4,4 |
| Ferroalloys | 559,3 | 899,0 | 516,7 | 843,0 | 42,6 | 56,0 |
| Semi-finished carbon steel products | 10 400,6 | 3 463,1 | 10 181,1 | 3 379,1 | 219,5 | 84,0 |
| Flat carbon steel products | 6 794,1 | 2 887,2 | 6 315,5 | 2 598,5 | 478,6 | 288,7 |
Russia imported 2.507 million tonnes of ferrous metals for $2.313 billion in the nine months. These imports constituted 5.2% of overall Russian imports (5.2% also in January-September last year). They fell 46.8% in tonnage and 41.6% in value.
Ferrous metals accounted for 18.5% of overall imports from the CIS (22.4% in the same period of last year).
Russian ferrous and related imports in Jan-Sept 2009:
| Commodity | Total | Non-CIS | CIS | |||
| '000 tonnes | $ mln | '000 tonnes | $ mln | '000 tonnes | $ mln | |
| Ferrous metals, total | 2 507,2 | 2 313,5 | 877,1 | 1 169,5 | 1 630,1 | 1 144,0 |
| Ferrous metals, excluding pig iron, ferroalloys, scrap and waste | 2 228,0 | 2 044,2 | 823,2 | 1 090,0 | 1 404,8 | 954,2 |
| Steel pipes | 425,8 | 683,8 | 143,4 | 439,7 | 282,4 | 244,1 |
| Bituminous coal | 16 182,7 | 305,2 | 41,7 | 14,0 | 16 141,0 | 291,2 |