TUIK: Turkey’s steel export value down 47.9 percent in Jan-Feb

Friday, 31 March 2023 11:08:16 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

According to the provisional foreign trade statistics compiled by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) and the Turkish Undersecretariat of Customs, in February this year Turkey’s foreign trade deficit increased by 51.4 percent to $12.79 billion compared to February 2022. In the January-February period this year, Turkey’s foreign trade deficit rose by 44.1 percent year on year to $26.33 billion.

In February, Turkey’s iron and steel exports ranked tenth among the country’s products with the highest export value, totaling $614.19 million, decreasing by 50.6 percent year on year. Meanwhile, in the given month the value of exports of articles of iron or steel, which ranked eighth among the products with the highest export value, dropped by 12.4 percent year on year, amounting to $755.17 million.

In the first two months of this year, Turkey’s iron and steel export value was down by 47.9 percent to $1.27 billion, while the value of its exports of articles of iron or steel increased by 0.1 percent to $1.55 billion, both year on year.


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