MOSCOW, Feb. 8 - Ukraine increased exports of rolled steel products to Russia by 18% to 2.6 million tons in 2007, while imports from Russia jumped 38% to 1.3 million tons, tentative figures show.

Ukraine exported 2.2 million tons of rolled steel products to Russia in 2006, which was 16% more than in the previous year, Ukrainian Metal Traders Association president Andriy Fedoseyev said at a conference on Russia's regional metals trade, held in Moscow on February 7-8.