In September, the average export price of Turkish steel pipe amounted to $930/mt, down $150/mt or 13.85 percent from August levels, and indicating a decrease of $409/mt or 30.55 percent from $1,339/mt in September 2008.
On the other hand, in the January-September period of the current year, Turkey's steel pipe exports slid 12.95 percent year on year to 1.16 million mt, totalling a value of $1.1 billion, down 27.38 percent compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.
Turkey's top ten steel pipe export destinations in September this year:
Country |
Quantity (mt) |
15,504 |
|
Algeria |
10,104 |
13,836 |
|
4,483 |
|
7,567 |
|
2,602 |
|
5,427 |
|
2,295 |
|
3,299 |
|
3,209 |
