OREANDA-NEWS  According to the results of October 2024, the supply of Russian aluminum to South Korea reached the highest values in 12 years. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the statistical service of this South Asian republic.

In monetary terms, the volume of these imports is estimated at 96.5 million dollars. In June 2012, it was about 117.8 million dollars.

It is noted that compared to September, purchases increased by 35.5 percent and 2.1 times, compared with the second month of autumn 2023. In total, from January to October this year, South Korea purchased $ 700.5 million worth of Russian aluminum, thus exceeding the figures for the same period last year by 17 percent.

Mostly raw aluminum was bought and in small volumes aluminum plates and sheets with a thickness of more than 0.2 millimeters.

By the end of October, Russia was ranked third in the list of countries selling aluminum to Seoul. China is in the first place with an indicator of $ 138.7 million. In second place is Australia, whose supplies to South Korea were estimated at almost $ 104 million.