Russian imports of crushed stone increases

According to the Federal Customs Service (FCS), crushed stone imports exceeded 25.567 million tonnes worth US$399.2 million (€294.77 million) in 2013, compared with less than 25 million tonnes in 2012. Ukraine was the leader in terms of supplies and accounted for 86% of imports. Norway took the second place (6%) and Belarus the third (4%). Crushed stone was also imported from Kazakhstan (2%), Sweden (1%), and Turkey.