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According to the information provided by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association, in the January-July period of 2010 Turkey's flat steel output increased by 59.1 percent year on year, totaling 3.73 million metric tons. Flat steel production constituted 23.5 percent of total domestic steel output in the given period, compared to 16.42 percent in the corresponding period of 2009.
 
Meanwhile, during the given period, the Turkey's long steel production improved by only 1.7 percent year on year, amounting to 12.14 million metric tons. Long steel production accounted for 76.5 percent of the country's total steel production during the period in question, compared to 83.58 percent in the corresponding period of 2009.
 
In the first half of this year, Turkey produced 15.87 million metric tons of steel, up 11.1 percent year on year. The production performed by electric arc furnace plants increased by 10 percent, while steel production using blast furnaces increased by 13.9 percent, both compared to the corresponding period of 2009. In the period in question, 69.93 percent of production came from mini-mills, with the remaining 30.07 percent coming from integrated plants.
 
On the other hand, as SteelOrbis previously reported, in July this year Turkey's crude steel production amounted to 2.38 million metric tons, declining by 4.77 percent month on month and up 1.3 percent year on year, according to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) data. Thus, Turkey ranked as the world's tenth largest crude steel producer, replacing Italy, and as the second largest producer in Europe.