Russia, the 8th largest iron ore exporter has exported around 1.50 MnT iron ore in Jul’16, according to the trade statistics released by Russian Customs.
Iron ore exports have witnessed a growth of 6% M-o-M as it was 1.41 MnT in Jul’16. On the contrary, Russian iron ore export has decreased significantly by 27.1% on Y-o-Y basis.
In the first eight months of 2016, the country exported 11.8 MnT iron ore, down by 36.5% as it was 18.6 MnT in the same consecutive period last year.
In Sept’16, the agglomerated iron ore (pellets and concentrate) exports were recorded at 0.82 MnT, up by 110% M-o-M and down by 21.1% Y-o-Y. The non-agglomerated iron ore (lumps & fines) exports were registered at 0.68 MnT, down by 33.3% M-o-M as well as Y-o-Y both.
Country-wise Russian iron ore exports in Aug’16
|
Countries |
Aug’16 |
Jul’16 |
% change |
Jan-Aug’16 |
Jan-Aug’15 |
% change |
| China |
0.63 |
0.6 |
5% |
4.17 |
5.68 |
-27% |
| Slovakia |
0.18 |
0.34 |
-47% |
1.59 |
1.68 |
-5% |
| Ukraine |
0 |
0 |
– |
1.27 |
1.63 |
-22% |
| Turkey |
0.07 |
0.07 |
– |
1.01 |
1.18 |
-14% |
| Finland |
0 |
0.13 |
-100% |
0.84 |
0.53 |
58% |
| Czech Republic |
0.13 |
0.08 |
63% |
0.63 |
0.66 |
-5% |
| Poland |
0.05 |
0.12 |
-58% |
0.6 |
0.58 |
3% |
| Germany |
0.17 |
0 |
– |
0.36 |
0.2 |
80% |
| Japan |
0.02 |
0 |
– |
0.26 |
0.63 |
-59% |
| Others |
0.25 |
0.07 |
– |
1.13 |
1.8 |
-37% |
| Grand Total |
1.5 |
1.41 |
6% |
11.86 |
14.57 |
-19% |
Quantity in MnT
Source: Russian Customs
Provisional Data
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