According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in July this year Turkey's pre-painted galvanized iron (PPGI) exports amounted to 5,447 mt, decreasing by 38.7 percent compared to the previous month and down 44 percent year on year, while the revenue from these exports totaled $5.26 million, down 38.3 percent month on month and falling 39 percent compared to the same month of 2015.
During the first seven months of the current year, Turkey’s PPGI exports decreased by 36.6 percent to 43,157 mt, while the revenue from these exports amounted to $37.8 million, down 38.9 percent, both year on year.
Bulgaria was Turkey's leading PPGI export destination in the January-July period, with imports of 6,850 mt of PPGI from Turkey. In the given period, Bulgaria was followed by Libya and Algeria, with Libya’s PPGI imports from Turkey amounting to 3,746 mt, while Algeria received 2,837 mt of PPGI from Turkey in this period.
Turkey's main PPGI export destinations in the January-July period:
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| Jan-Jul 2016 | Jan- Jul 2015 | Y-o-y change (%) | July 2016 | July 2015 | Y-o-y change (%) |
| Bulgaria | 6,850 | 6,586 | 4.01 | 1,058 | 1,018 | 3.93 |
| Libya | 3,746 | 3,328 | 12.56 | 635 | 168 | 277.98 |
| Algeria | 2,837 | 894 | 217.34 | 121 | 142 | -14.79 |
| Romania | 2,552 | 2,749 | -7.17 | 403 | 766 | -47.39 |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | 2,405 | 2,563 | -6.16 | 122 | 731 | -83.31 |
| Georgia | 2,142 | 4,337 | -50.61 | 200 | 1,428 | -85.99 |