Turkey’s pig iron imports up 12 percent in January-September

Monday, 21 November 2016 11:41:57 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

In September this year, Turkey's pig iron imports amounted to 81,986 mt, rising by 46.9 percent year on year, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). The total value of Turkey's pig iron imports in the given month increased by 29.8 percent to $21.3 million compared to September 2015.


 
Meanwhile, in the first nine months of the current year, Turkey's pig iron imports increased by 12 percent to 846,341 mt, while the value of these imports decreased by 18.1 percent to $204.5 million, both on year-on-year basis.
 
In the January-September period this year, Turkey imported 512,910 metric tons of pig iron from Ukraine, up 57.53 percent year on year. Ukraine ranked first among Turkey's pig iron import sources in the period in question, followed by Russia which supplied 287,940 mt, down 2.86 percent year on year.
 
Turkey's pig iron import sources in the first nine months of the current year are as follows:

 

Country

Amount (mt)

     
 

Jan-Sept 2016

Jan-Sept 2015

Y-o-y change (%)

September 2016

September 2015

Y-o-y change (%)

Ukraine

512,910

325,597

57.53

56,714

27,780

104.15

Russia

287,940

296,408

-2.86

25,271

27,412

-7.81

South Africa

21,588

20,400

5.82

-

500

-

Brazil

17,311

1,720

906.45

-

100

-

Turkey's pig iron sources in the first nine months of 2016 can be seen in the graph below:


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