In August this year, the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 74.2 percent, down from 75.8 percent recorded in July, while the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 76.0 percent in August 2014, according to the provisional data released by the Central Bank of Turkey.
Meanwhile, in August of the current year the capacity utilization rate in the manufacture of metal products, except machinery and equipment, was 72.5 percent, up from 72.2 percent in July and increasing from 72.1 percent in August last year.
The capacity utilization rate in Turkey's general manufacturing industry, on the other hand, was at 74.8 percent in August this year, down from the 75.9 percent recorded in the previous month and increasing from 74.7 percent in August 2014.