MOSCOW, April 8. /TASS/. South Korea has increased purchases of aluminum from Russia, Russian Ambassador to Seoul Georgy Zinovyev said.
Aluminum supplies from Russia to South Korea have not ceased, he noted. "They are carried out within the framework of long-term contracts between Russian and South Korean companies. Moreover, as per the Korea Customs Service, since 2020, there has been a trend toward increasing exports of Russian aluminum to South Korea in both value and volume terms. In 2025, its volumes amounted to $1.3 bln and 483,000 tons, respectively," the diplomat said.
Based on their production needs, local importers purchase the required volume of aluminum on global commodity exchanges, taking into account existing agreements or market conditions, he added.