Brussels, 03/12/2001 (Agence Europe) - Russia and the European Union reached consensus last Thursday on most aspects of a new agreement concerning supplies of Russian steel to the EU, which is likely to be signed before the end of the year.
The parties agreed to increase steel export quotas to the EU (without including alloyed steel in the quotas). They also defined basic approaches to export customer duties on ferrous scrap metal. At the end of April 1999, Russia slammed an export duty of...