In April this year, Turkey's billet and bloom import volume increased by 7.33 percent year on year to 226,465 metric tons, down 45.9 percent compared to the previous month, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). The value of these imports totaled $90.6 million, down 20 percent year on year and falling by 49.1 percent compared to the previous month.
In the January-April period this year, Turkey's billet and bloom import volume increased by 58.6 percent year on year to 1.4 million metric tons, while the value of these imports totaled $598.1 million, up 25 percent year on year.
In the January-April period, Turkey imported 609,824 mt of billet and bloom from Ukraine, 10.12 percent higher year on year, with Ukraine ranking first among Turkey's main billet and bloom import sources, ahead of Russia which supplied 542,623 mt in the given period, up 112.18 percent year on year.
Turkey's top 10 billet and bloom import sources in the January-April period this year are as follows:
Country | Amount (mt) | |||||
January-April 2015 | January- April 2014 | Y-o-y change (%) | April 2015 | April 2014 | Y-o-y change (%) | |
609,824 | 553,805 | 10.12 | 80,961 | 150,186 | -46.09 | |
542,623 | 255,737 | 112.18 | 109,068 | 46,882 | 132.64 | |
Belarus | 95,334 | 2,286 | - | - | - | - |
China | 50,201 | 51 | - | - | - | - |
Albania | 29,478 | 147 | - | 8,502 | - | - |
Serbia | 17,905 | 17,741 | 0.92 | 9,310 | - | - |
Georgia | 17,660 | 15,694 | 12.53 | 3,515 | 6,718 | -47.68 |
Bosnia Herzegovina | 15,010 | 10,989 | 36.59 | 7,192 | - | - |
Libya | 6,000 | - | - | 6,000 | - | - |
Germany | 3,887 | 3,603 | 7.88 | 973 | 981 | -0.82 |
Turkey's main billet and bloom sources on country basis in January-April are presented below:
