According to the provisional data released by the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, in June this year the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 77 percent, decreasing by two percentage points compared to the previous month and down 2.7 percentage points compared to May 2011.
Meanwhile, in June of the current year the capacity utilization rate in the manufacture of metal products, except machinery and equipment, fell by 1.7 percentage points year on year to 70.8 percent, up slightly from 70.6 percent recorded in May.
The capacity utilization rate in Turkey's general manufacturing industry, on the other hand, was at 74.6 percent in June this year, indicating a slight decrease of 0.1 percentage points compared to May and down from 76.7 percent in June 2011.