According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in September this year Turkey's chrome ore exports amounted to 118,413 metric tons, falling 0.8 percent compared to August this year and down 30 percent compared to the same month of 2011. Meanwhile, in September the revenue generated by Turkey's chrome ore exports totaled $22.7 million, decreasing 5.9 percent compared to August this year and down 37.8 percent on year-on-year basis.
Meanwhile, in the first nine months of 2012 Turkey's chrome ore exports decreased by 2.8 percent to 1.6 million metric tons, while the revenue for these exports stood at $316.4 million, down by 12.1 percent, both compared to the same period of 2011.
In the first nine months of this year, Turkey's chrome ore exports to China amounted to 1.4 million mt, constituting 87 percent of Turkey's total chrome exports, up 2.1 percent compared to the same period of the previous year.
On the other hand, Turkey's manganese ore exports in September this year amounted to 9,630 mt, rising by two percent compared to the previous month, while the country's manganese ore exports in the first nine months of this year totaled 74,690 mt, falling 12.2 percent compared to the January-September period of the previous year.