In February this year, the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 74.3 percent, down from 74.9 percent recorded in January, while the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 74 percent in February 2015, according to the provisional data released by the Central Bank of Turkey.
Meanwhile, in February of the current year the capacity utilization rate in the manufacture of metal products, except machinery and equipment, was 70.9 percent, falling from 71.2 percent in January and down from 71.6 percent in February last year.
The capacity utilization rate in Turkey's general manufacturing industry, on the other hand, was at 73.5 percent in February this year, down from the 74.9 percent recorded in the previous month and rising from 72.8 percent in February 2015.