In July this year, Turkey's iron ore imports totaled 929,904 mt, up 22.9 percent month on month and decreasing by 1.7 percent compared to the same month of the previous year, according to the statistics provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). The value of these imports decreased by 3.8 percent to $76.62 million compared to the previous month and was up 24.3percent year on year.
In the first seven months of the current year, Turkey's iron ore imports amounted to 6.55 million mt, up 4.4 percent, while the value of these imports increased by 52.9 percent to $617.08 million, both year on year.
In the given period, Turkey's iron ore imports from Brazil stood at 2,747,031mt, down 14.5 percent year on year. Brazil was followed by Sweden which supplied 1,158,115 mt, while Turkey's iron ore imports from Ukraine in the given period amounted to 800,487mt.
Turkey's iron ore import sources in the January-July period of this year are as follows:
|
Country |
Amount (mt) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January-July 2017 |
January- July 2016 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
July 2017 |
July 2016 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
|
Brazil |
2,747,031 |
3,212,472 |
-14.49 |
609,131 |
581,062 |
4.83 |
|
Sweden |
1,158,115 |
831,655 |
39.25 |
164,931 |
- |
- |
|
Ukraine |
800,487 |
422,670 |
89.39 |
119,016 |
- |
- |
|
Russia |
698,002 |
1,152,536 |
-39.44 |
36,826 |
124,554 |
-70.43 |
|
Canada |
508,619 |
334,927 |
51.86 |
- |
168,915 |
- |
|
South Africa |
493,622 |
277,728 |
77.74 |
- |
71,577 |
- |
|
Finland |
143,129 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Turkey's iron ore import sources in the January-July period of this year can be seen in the graph below:
