In the January-April period of this year, Russian exports of semi-finished steel products decreased by 10.5 percent year on year to 4.45 million mt, according to the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat).
As previously reported, in January-March of the current year Russia exported 3.4 million mt of semi-finished steel products, down 5.9 percent compared to the first quarter of 2012.
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http://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/russian-semi_finished-steel-exports-down-105-percent-in-jan_apr-759781.htm