“The adoption of this decision will allow us to stabilize the work of small and medium enterprises of secondary metallurgy, as well as create the necessary conditions for the completion of the construction of the Taishet aluminum plant and the implementation of the program of environmental modernization of the Bratsk, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk and Novokuznetsk plants of the Rusal OK,” Manturov’s press service quotes. departments.

According to the minister, the changes concerning the zeroing of the rates of export customs duties will make it possible to use the released funds to implement the investment program for the development of chrome ore deposits.

Manturov emphasized that this will allow us to get out of dependence on chrome raw materials from Kazakhstan by the end of 2025.

The government subcommittee on customs and tariff regulation previously approved the zeroing of the rates of export customs duties on aluminum alloys.

In September, Rosstat reported a decline in prices for metallurgical products.