In February this year, Turkey's billet and bloom import volume decreased by 4.4 percent month on month to 33,424 mt, down by 70.8 percent year on year, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). The value of these imports totaled $19.3 million, up 2.2 percent month on month and down 69.8 percent year on year.
In the first two months, Turkey's billet import volume amounted to 68,377 mt, falling by 74.2 percent, while the value of these imports decreased by 73.5 percent to $38.2 million, both year on year.
In the given period, Turkey imported 33,610 mt of billet and bloom from Russia, down 70.33 percent year on year, with Russia ranking as Turkey's leading billet and bloom import source, ahead of Georgia which supplied 19,071 mt in the given period.
Turkey's top billet and bloom import sources in January-February are as follows:
Country |
Amount (mt) |
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|
|
|
|
|
Jan-Feb 2019 |
Jan-Feb 2018 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
February 2019 |
February 2018 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
Russia |
33,610 |
113,285 |
-70.33 |
10,827 |
37,613 |
-71.21 |
Georgia |
19,071 |
7,028 |
171.36 |
12,170 |
180 |
- |
Ukraine |
7,475 |
88,395 |
-91.54 |
7,413 |
22,545 |
-67.12 |
Azerbaijan |
3,402 |
443 |
667.95 |
1,448 |
- |
- |
Germany |
2,365 |
2,838 |
-16.67 |
1,196 |
1,391 |
- |
Turkey's main billet and bloom sources on country basis in the January-February period this year are presented below: