In August this year, Turkey's billet and bloom import volume decreased by 38.8 percent month on month to 143,947 mt, up by 95.9 percent year on year, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). The value of these imports totaled $116.33 million, decreasing by 30.5 percent month on month and up by 213.8 percent year on year.
In the given period, Turkey imported 1.31 million mt of billet and bloom from Russia, up 101.32 percent year on year, with Russia ranking as Turkey's leading billet and bloom import source, ahead of Ukraine which supplied 259,493 mt in the given period.
Turkey's top billet and bloom import sources in January-August are as follows:
Country |
Amount (mt) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January-August 2021 |
January- August 2020 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
|
August 2021 |
August 2020 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
Russia |
1,313,495 |
652,444 |
101.32 |
|
108,583 |
41,387 |
162.36 |
Ukraine |
259,493 |
308,662 |
-15.93 |
|
10,062 |
10,498 |
-4.15 |
Algeria |
184,676 |
- |
- |
|
27,550 |
- |
- |
Qatar |
97,019 |
- |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
Oman |
92,319 |
- |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
Azerbaijan |
50,279 |
5,119 |
882.20 |
|
5,109 |
2,771 |
84.37 |
India |
29,955 |
- |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
Georgia |
28,305 |
22,364 |
26.57 |
|
454 |
542 |
-16.24 |
Albania |
28,220 |
92 |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
Italy |
19,409 |
5,292 |
266.76 |
|
1,370 |
1,498 |
-8.54 |
Turkey's main billet and bloom sources on country basis in the January-August period of this year are presented below:
