As of July 1, 2009, Russia utilized 23.5 percent of the steel quota allocated to it by the European Union (EU) for the current year, while Kazakhstan utilized zero percent of its allocated EU quota of 205,000 mt.
According to the latest statistics, Russia exported a total of 729,957 tons of steel products to the EU in the period in question. The quota allocated to Russia for 2009 is 3,106,775 tons.
Specifically, Russia used 35.39 percent of its hot rolled coil quota (375,452 of 1,060,875 allotted tons), 13.81 percent of its plate quota (38,928 of 281,875 allotted tons), 26.92 percent of its alloy sheet quota (28,975 of 107,625 allotted tons), and 15.68 percent of its wire rod quota (52,075 of 332,100 allotted tons).
*All numbers are given in round figures.
* All numbers are based on the figures released by official European Union sources.