Turkey's iron ore imports down 11.39 percent in Sept from Aug

Thursday, 21 November 2013 17:00:30 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

According to the statistics provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in the first nine months of the current year Turkey's iron ore imports amounted to 6.16 million mt, increasing by 4.66 percent, with a value of $878.17 million, down 3.42 percent, both year on year.

Meanwhile, in the third quarter of the year Turkey's iron ore imports amounted to 1.98 million mt, down 27.42 percent compared to the previous quarter and decreasing by 17.83 percent compared to the third quarter of 2012.

On the other hand, in September this year Turkey's iron ore imports totaled 556,938 metric tons, decreasing by 11.39 percent compared to previous month and down 52.15 year on year, while the value of these imports amounted to $82.73 million, down 4.44 percent compared to August and declining by 53.58 percent year on year.

In the January-September period this year, Turkey's iron ore imports from Brazil decreased by 42.14 percent year on year to 2.08 million mt, while Ukraine's iron ore exports to Turkey in the given period almost tripled on year-on-year basis to 1.52 million mt.

Turkey's largest iron ore sources in the period in question can be seen in the graph below:

Turkey's iron ore import sources in January-September 2013 are as follows:

 

CountryAmount (mt)   
 Jan-Sept. 2013Jan-Sept. 2012Sept.2013Sept.2012
Brazil2,081,1633,597,202-677,830
Ukraine1,522,624491,725152,77258,304
Sweden1,076,514847,058165,004166,346
Russia975,397461,747145,312          154,497
Canada330,161329,288-106,948
Finland93,850-93,850-
USA82,25834033
Germany381--
Bulgaria0---

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