In September this year, Turkey's cold rolled coil (CRC) imports increased by 6.4 percent month on month to 78,689 mt, down 7.8 percent year on year, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). The value of these imports was $75.04 million, decreasing by 5.3 percent compared to August and down 17.9 percent year on year.
Meanwhile, in the January-September period of this year, Turkey's CRC imports amounted to 565,453 metric tons, down 7.3 percent year on year, while the revenue generated by these imports totaled $589.13 million, increasing by 7.2 percent compared to the same period of 2021.
In the given period, Russia ranked first among Turkey's CRC import sources, supplying 217,883 mt, down 9.5 percent year on year. Meanwhile, in the given period, Turkey's CRC imports from China totaled 123,499 mt.
Turkey's main CRC import sources in January-September are as follows:
Country |
Amount (mt) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
January-September 2022 |
January-September 2021 |
Change (%) |
September 2022 |
September 2021 |
Change (%) |
Russia |
217,883 |
240,656 |
-9.46 |
46,991 |
26,163 |
79.61 |
China |
123,499 |
213,107 |
-42.05 |
23,338 |
39,725 |
-41.25 |
South Korea |
113,273 |
62,917 |
80.04 |
3,133 |
10,964 |
-71.42 |
India |
20,021 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Netherlands |
19,972 |
21,579 |
-7.45 |
1,596 |
1,549 |
3.03 |
Kazakhstan |
18,812 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Romania |
11,905 |
9,825 |
21.17 |
244 |
1,041 |
-76.56 |
Belgium |
11,004 |
16,458 |
-33.14 |
984 |
1,896 |
-48.10 |
Italy |
4,501 |
7,386 |
-39.06 |
- |
803 |
- |
France |
4,168 |
2,656 |
56.93 |
272 |
752 |
-63.83 |
Turkey's CRC import sources in January-September can be seen in the graph below:
