The size of the trial lot that will be produced in June is 480 tons. The hot-rolled coils will be re-rolled and galvanized at Severstal North America. Then the "Severstal" rolled product will be shipped to Ford and to Kenwal service center.

17,7 thousand tons of IF steel rolled products were shipped in the 1-st quarter of 2004, 24 thousand tons are planned for the 2-nd quarter and will exceed 21,3 thousand tons of the entire 2003 volume. At present the major consumers of the rolled stock based on IF steel are European service centers in Spain, Italy, France and Germany, working with the largest automotive enterprises and home appliances' manufacturers. The rolled product is also sold in Russia, exported to Belarus, Uzbekistan, India, South Korea, China, Turkey, the USA and Mexico.