Russia 7-months non-CIS alu exports fall 7.4 pct

MOSCOW, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Russian aluminium exports outside the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) were 2.10 million tonnes in the first seven months of 2008, down 7.4 percent year-on-year, customs data showed on Monday.

The data, which does not include all exports via neighbouring Belarus, showed the value of the exported metal was up 0.3 percent to $4.697 billion.

Nickel exports to non-CIS countries rose by 0.7 percent to 140,200 tonnes in the first seven months of this year, while their value fell by 37.6 percent.

Refined copper export volumes to non-CIS countries fell 32.1 percent to 97,400 tonnes but their value was down 18.9 percent.

The Federal Customs Service gave the following data for Russian aluminium, nickel and copper exports between January and July.

Aluminium	2008	Tonnes $ mln	2007	Tonnes $ mln
Total	2117200	4697.3	2276700	4662
Non-CIS**	2101300	4658.9	2269700	4644.5
CIS	15900	38.3	7000	17.5
Nickle
Total	140700	3445.7	139600	5520.5
Non-CIS	140200	3431.2	139200	5501.2
CIS	400	14.5	400	19.3
Copper
Total	99100	746.7	146100	924.3
Non-CIS	97400	735.6	143400	906.8
CIS	1600	11.1	2700	17.5

* FCS data do not include all trade with Belarus

** CIS - Commonwealth of Independent States includes 12 republics of the former Soviet Union.