According to the new data issued by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD), in 2015 Turkey's steel imports from China surged by 199 percent to 2.99 million mt compared to one million mt recorded in 2014.
As indicated by the TCUD, in 2015 Turkey's overall billet imports from China amounted to 1.47 million mt, increasing by 926 percent compared to 143,000 mt in 2014. As regards Turkey's other steel imports from China in 2015, Turkey's flat steel imports reached 839,000 mt, up 144 percent, long steel imports amounted to 227,000 mt, rising by 31.5 percent, and steel pipe imports increased by 61 percent to 320,000 mt, all year on year. The TCUD commented that the Turkish steel pipe sector was thus also under threat from Chinese imports.