Unwrought aluminum export from Russia in 2017 decreased 7.9% year-on-year to 3.2 mn tons. In terms of value, the export of unwrought aluminum, on the contrary, grew 9.5% up to 5.46 bn.
According to the RF Federal Customs Service statistics, refined copper and unwrought copper alloys export increased 15.4% to 589.9 thousand tons. In terms of value, the growth was even more significant, up 51.7% to $3.6 bn.
Unwrought nickel export during the 11 months of 2017 dropped in physical terms 26.6% to 136.3 thousand tons and in terms of value 18.8% to $1.38 bn.