Turkey's HRC imports up 13.8 percent in January-August

Tuesday, 25 October 2016 16:59:45 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

In August this year, Turkey's total hot rolled coil (HRC) imports decreased by 23.1 percent year on year to 263,999 metric tons, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). These imports had a value of $120.7 million, falling by 12 percent year on year.

In the first eight months of the current year, Turkey's HRC imports amounted to 2.62 million mt, rising by 13.8 percent, while the value of these imports decreased by 12.1 percent to $925.9 million, both compared to the same period of the previous year.

In the January-August period of this year, Russia ranked first among Turkey's HRC import sources, with its HRC exports to Turkey amounting to 1,063,255 mt, up 14.02 percent compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, followed by Brazil which shipped 237,219 mt of HRC to Turkey in the given period.

Turkey's top HRC import sources in the January-August period this year are as follows:

 

Country

Amount (mt)

     
 

Jan-Aug 2016

Jan-Aug 2015

Y-o-y change (%)

August 2016

August 2015

Y-o-y change (%)

Russia

1,063,255

932,507

14.02

127,745

172,879

-26.11

Brazil

237,219

83,739

183.28

-

-

-

Ukraine

224,430

305,780

-26.60

9,834

56,608

-82.63

Romania

209,254

210,773

-0.72

19,797

33,238

-40.44

France

207,126

275,802

-24.90

17,953

38,950

-53.91

UK

188,049

305,780

-38.50

8,536

73

-

Netherlands

98,197

57,886

69.64

423

475

-10.95

Turkey's main HRC import sources in the January-August period this year are as follows:


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