Turkey’s flat steel imports up 54.2 percent in April

Wednesday, 19 June 2013 16:26:29 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in April this year Turkey's flat steel imports, including hot rolled, cold rolled, coated and narrow strip steel, rose by 1.5 percent compared to the previous month and were up 54.2 percent compared to April 2012, totaling 575,371 metric tons. The value of these imports amounted to $392 million, increasing by 3.7 percent over March and up 41.9 percent year on year.

In the first four months of the year, Turkey's flat steel imports amounted to 2.1 million metric tons, increasing 42.3 percent year on year.

Turkey's top 10 hot rolled flat steel sources in the first four months this year are as follows:

 

Country

Volume (mt)

Jan-Apr 2013

Jan-Apr 2012

Russia

476,101

207,788

Ukraine

393,296

309,780

France

303,424

92,854

Romania

169,443

252,604

Slovakia

119,611

32,071

Japan

116,365

12,897

Belgium

103,901

103,824

The Netherlands

85,901

92,950

Germany

59,142

41,887

Italy

58,224

127,882

Turkey's flat steel imports in April as regards products:

 

Product

Import volume (mt)

April 2013

March 2013

April 2012

Hot rolled flat steel

367,708

407,552

238,191

Cold rolled flat steel

84,290

44,595

52,632

Coated

78,786

75,473

57,578

Strip

44,587

39,396

24,847

Total

575,371

567,015

373,249


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