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 15,904 mt, up 25 percent month on month and almost triple year on year, while the revenue from these exports totaled $14 million, rising by 17.6 percent compared to June and up 166 percent compared to the same month of 2016.
In the January-July period this year, Turkey’s PPGI exports increased by 85.5 percent to 80,043 mt, while the revenue from these exports amounted to $73.5 million, up 94.4 percent, both year on year.
Romania was Turkey's leading PPGI export destination in the first seven months of the current year, with imports of 11,662 mt of PPGI from Turkey. In the given period, Romania was followed by Bulgaria and Russia, whose PPGI imports from Turkey amounted to 11,465 mt and 5,921 mt respectively.
Turkey's main PPGI export destinations in the January-July period of this year:
|
Country |
Amount (mt) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jan-Jul 2017 |
Jan-Jul 2016 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
July 2017 |
July 2016 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
|
Romania |
11,662 |
2,552 |
356.97 |
3,583 |
403 |
789.08 |
|
Bulgaria |
11,465 |
6,850 |
67.37 |
3,030 |
1,058 |
186.39 |
|
Russia |
5,921 |
526 |
1025.67 |
23 |
- |
- |
|
USA |
5,345 |
70 |
- |
928 |
- |
- |
|
Algeria |
4,749 |
2,837 |
67.40 |
84 |
121 |
-30.58 |