Turkish rebar market moves on a sideways trend

Rebar spot prices in Turkey have moved on a sideways trend as compared to last week, while some activity has been taking place at the current prices. Meanwhile, the ongoing declining trend in import scrap prices has been hindering any significant increases in rebar prices.
 
As of today, May 7, traders' rebar offers in the Turkish domestic market are as follows:
  

Region	Dimension	Price (TRY/mt)	Price ($/mt)	Price changes 03.05.2013
Marmara	8 mm	1,295	610	0
Marmara	12 mm	1,275	600	0
Iskenderun	8 mm	1,300	612	0
Iskenderun	10 mm	1,290	607	0
Iskenderun	12 mm	1,280	603	0
Izmir	8 mm	1,285	605	0
Izmir	10 mm	1,270	598	0
Izmir	12 mm	1,260	593	0
Karabuk	8 mm	1,310	617	0
Karabuk	12 mm	1,290	607	0

All prices are ex-warehouse and on actual weight basis. The TRY prices include 18 percent VAT, while the US$ prices exclude VAT.
 
$1 = TRY 1.80