He said this in an interview with TASS.

According to him, Russian metallurgists have reoriented the supply of steel products to the domestic market and new export destinations after the restriction on the import of Russian steel products by the EU.

“In my opinion, this transformation in the current conditions was quite successful.

The level of utilization of domestic capacities on average is now about 85%,” he said.

Earlier, Manturov said that the development strategies for the automotive and metallurgical industries in the country would be adopted before the end of this year.