TCUD: Turkey’s scrap import volume rises by 15.5 percent in H1

Thursday, 02 August 2018 16:55:07 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

In the January-June period of the current year, Turkey's scrap import volume increased by 15.5 percent on year-on-year basis to 10.8 million metric tons, while these imports were valued at $3.8 billion with a 48.2 percent increase in the given period compared to the same period of last year, according to the Turkish Steel Producers' Association (TCUD).

In the first half of this year, Turkey's scrap imports from EU countries increased by 7.4 percent to 6.5 million mt, its scrap imports from the US rose by 33 percent to 2 million mt, while scrap imports from CIS countries amounted to 1.4 million mt, up 52.3 percent, all on year-on-year basis. In the same period, the share of EU countries in Turkey's total scrap imports was 61 percent, the share of the US in Turkey's total scrap imports was 18 percent, while CIS countries’ share was 13 percent.


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