The latest trade statistics suggests marginal increase in exports of stainless products by Russia during the last months of 2016: Russia exported 482,000 tons of stainless steel products, marginally higher over 4% when matched with the previous month, the key importer of stainless steel products from Russia was Ukraine, that accounted for nearly 51% of the total Russian exports, the other important countries destinations are Lithuania, Finland, Poland and France. Also the importations rise, marginally by 3,4%, in the last months of 2016.