In the January-October period of this year, finished steel output in Turkey increased by 4.6 percent year on year to 32.3 million mt, according to the Turkish Steel Producers' Association (TCUD).
As stated in the TCUD report, in the first ten months of this year Turkey's long product output totaled 21.5 million mt, declining by 2.1 percent, and its flat product output grew by 21 percent to 10.7 million mt, both on year-on-year basis.
Finished steel consumption in Turkey in the first ten months of this year rose by four percent year on year to 30 million mt. In the given period, 50.8 percent of total finished steel consumption was for long products, while 49.2 percent was accounted for by flat products.
In the January-October period of this year, Turkish consumption of long products rose by 1.6 percent to 15.2 million mt, while consumption of flat steel products increased 6.5 percent to 14.7 million mt, both year on year.