Turkey’s HRC exports down 35.1 percent in January-August

Wednesday, 18 October 2023 09:22:30 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul

In August this year, Turkey’s total hot rolled coil (HRC) exports rose by 60.2 percent compared to July and by eight percent year on year to 119,853 mt, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). These exports had a value of $79.66 million, up by 43.2 percent month on month and down by 9.7 percent compared to the same month of 2022.

In the January-August period of this year, Turkey’s HRC exports amounted to 688,531 mt, dropping by 35.1 percent, while the value of these exports fell by 49.6 percent to $506.47 million, both compared to the same period of 2022.

Turkey’s top HRC export destinations in the first eight months of this year are as follows:

Country

Amount (mt)

 

 

 

 

 

 

January-August 2023

January-August 2022

Y-o-y change (%)

August 2023

August 2022

Y-o-y change (%)

Italy

199,370

203,975

-2.3

22,126

30,600

-277

Egypt

90,677

210,853

-57.0

2,285

-

-

Belgium

55,164

44,705

+23.4

31,547

12,733

+147.8

Greece

48,073

77,248

-37.8

11,720

14,997

-21.9

Spain

35,775

25,114

+42.5

4,391

-

-

Algeria

31,844

47,510

-33.0

18,539

12,985

+42.8

Macedonia

29,541

22,185

+33.2

-

-

-

Albania

23,074

41,575

-44.5

6,142

5,947

+3.3

Morocco

22,119

32,000

-30.9

4,999

7,597

-34.2

UK

21,187

17,731

+19.5

-

346

-

Turkey’s main HRC export destinations in the January-August period are as follows:

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