United States stopped buying iron and steel from Russia

The import of ferrous metals from Russia to the United States in July 2022 was almost overturned (decreased to $ 0.6 million) after $ 201 million in June and more than $ 1 billion for the first half of 2022, RBC reports with reference to the US census bureau Including business statistics.

as follows from the data of the bureau, in June the main supplies within the framework of this group occurred on ferroalloys ($ 112.5 million) and semi -finished products made of iron and steel ($ 88 million). In July, their deliveries fell to $ 0.4 million and zero, respectively.

In 2021, the United States imported Russian ferrous metals (cast iron, iron, steel, rental) for $ 2.77 billion, an average of $ 230 million per month. Last year, this country accounted for about 9% of all supplies of ferrous metals from Russia.