Ukraine increased metal exports to Russia by 18.3 percent to 2.578m tonnes during the first 10 months of 2007 compared to the same period a year earlier. According to government data, Russia's share in Ukraine's overall metal product exports rose from 8.2 to 9.7 percent. In monetary terms, Ukraine's metal sales to Russia grew 48.2 percent to $1.779bn, with their share in overall proceeds up from 11.2 to 13 percent.
Ukraine's supplies to the CIS (excluding Russia) increased 39.5 percent to 1.527m tonnes, while falling 8.9 percent to the 27 EU member states, and 24 percent to 1.173m tonnes to the US.