In June this year, Turkey's total hot rolled coil (HRC) exports increased by 19.0 percent to 166,152 metric tons compared to May and were down 0.7 percent year on year, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). These exports had a value of $166.92 million, up 13.6 percent month on month, while increasing by 13.7 percent compared to the same month of 2021.
In the January-June period of this year, Turkey's HRC exports amounted to 778,005 mt, down 20.9 percent, while the value of these exports increased by 2.4 percent to $745.48 million, both compared to the same period of 2021.
In the first half of this year, Egypt ranked first among Turkey's HRC export destinations, with its HRC imports from Turkey amounting to 179,685 mt, followed by Italy which received 122,860 mt of HRC from Turkey in the given period.
Turkey's top HRC export destinations in January-June are as follows:
Country |
Amount (mt) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
January-June 2022 |
January-June 2021 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
June 2022 |
June 2021 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
Egypt |
179,685 |
12,681 |
1316.96 |
26,566 |
- |
- |
Italy |
122,860 |
286,230 |
-57.08 |
27,398 |
34,440 |
-20.45 |
Bulgaria |
72,870 |
27,703 |
163.04 |
33,561 |
450 |
7358.0 |
Greece |
62,280 |
41,661 |
49.49 |
19,892 |
11,521 |
72.66 |
Tunisia |
38,206 |
49,716 |
-23.15 |
- |
- |
- |
Albania |
31,762 |
8,618 |
268.55 |
- |
2,310 |
- |
Israel |
25,121 |
3,694 |
580.05 |
658 |
467 |
40.90 |
Spain |
25,115 |
148,041 |
-83.04 |
18,365 |
21,494 |
-14.56 |
Algeria |
24,854 |
20,800 |
19.49 |
109 |
3,057 |
-96.43 |
Iraq |
24,562 |
10,440 |
135.27 |
4,990 |
2,410 |
107.05 |
Turkey's main HRC export destinations in January-June are as follows:
