GOST embraces the technical standards adopted by the Euro- Asian standardization institute. It is established by the former Soviet Union and is an acronym of Государственный стандарт. GOST certificated steel products just up until a few years ago used to be dominating on our market and even though they are usually lighter and with lower quality than the DIN products, their price and availability were what made them the preferred choice.
Today, because of the quotas imposed on non EU countries, where these steel goods are usually produced, and because of the world raw materials crisis, their supply is rapidly decreasing and there is a tendency toward equalization of the price per kg of DIN and GOST products, even though the latter are still significantly lighter.
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