Turkey's seamless pipe imports up 13.1 percent in December

Thursday, 26 February 2015 15:17:04 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

In December last year, Turkey's seamless pipe imports amounted to 20,235 metric tons, up 13.11 percent year on year and decreasing by 8.14 percent compared to November, while the value of these imports totaled $28.77 million, down 2.07 percent year on year and declining by 12.22 percent month on month, according to the statistics provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK).

Meanwhile, in the whole of 2014, Turkey's seamless pipe imports increased by 11.6 percent to 246,462 metric tons, while the value of these imports amounted to $325 million up 3.3 percent, both on year-on-year basis.
 
In 2014, Turkey's seamless pipe imports from China, Turkey's largest seamless pipe import source since 2009, amounted to 155,011 metric tons, up 25.33 percent year on year. China was followed by Ukraine and Germany, with respectively 24,060 metric tons and 16,937 metric tons of seamless pipe exports to Turkey in the given period.
 
In 2014, Turkey's top 10 seamless pipe import sources are as follows:

Country

Amount (mt)

2014

2013

Y-o-y change (%)

December 2014

December 2013

Y-o-y change (%)

China

155,011

123,687

25.33

12,154

11,519

5.51

Ukraine

24,060

22,056

9.09

585

1,083

-45.98

Germany

16,937

16,351

3.58

974

1,465

-33.52

Romania

10,667

9,271

15.06

487

849

-42.64

Russia

7,780

11,813

-34.14

2,388

754

216.71

Slovakia

4,345

4,164

4.35

376

315

19.37

Japan 

4,303

1,752

145.61

1,284

153

739.22

Austria

2,845

3,667

-22.42

490

273

79.49

Italy

2,680

3,232

-17.08

243

136

78.68

Poland

2,315

1,111

108.37

110

88

25.00

In 2014, Turkey's seamless pipe import sources can be seen in the graph below:


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