Russian steel producer MMK supplied 415,600mt of steel products to Uzbekistan in 2020, accounting for 82pc of the company’s shipments to Central Asia and 35pc of its total shipments.
MMK’s rolled metal supply to Uzbekistan’s automobile industry increased by 43pc to around26,000-37,000mt in 2020 compared to the prior year, the steelmaker noted in a press statement on Monday.
Additionally, MMK became Tashkent Metallurgical Plant’s main supplier of hot-rolled coils, shipping around `5,500mt of the product to the Uzbek steel producer in 2020. MMK also increased its supply of steel products to Central Asia’s largest household appliance producer by at least 42pc last year to 24,000mt compared to 2019.