In June this year, Turkey's iron ore imports totaled 1.26 million mt, increasing by 156.6 percent compared to May and up 12.4 percent as compared to the same month of 2021, according to the statistics provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). The value of these imports increased by 6.9 percent to $220.8 million year on year, while up 103.8 percent as compared to May.
In January-June this year, Turkey's iron ore imports amounted to 5.50 million mt, up 0.2 percent, while the value of these imports decreased by 12.5 percent to $813.8 million, both compared to the same period of 2021.
In the given period, Turkey's iron ore imports from Brazil stood at 2.30 million mt, down 15.3 percent year on year. Brazil was followed by South Africa which supplied 1.02 million mt, while Turkey's iron ore imports from Sweden in the given period amounted to 824,302 mt.
Turkey's top iron ore import sources in January-June this year are as follows:
Country |
Amount (mt) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
January-June 2022 |
January-June 2021 |
Change (%) |
June 2022 |
June 2021 |
Change (%) |
Brazil |
2,297,370 |
2,711,254 |
-15.27 |
626,797 |
669,006 |
-6.31 |
S. Africa |
1,017,706 |
344,509 |
195.41 |
167,595 |
- |
- |
Sweden |
824,302 |
904,515 |
-8.87 |
164,969 |
165,000 |
-0.02 |
India |
435,186 |
- |
- |
128,192 |
- |
- |
Ukraine |
354,414 |
571,950 |
-38.03 |
119,140 |
- |
- |
Russia |
282,065 |
770,544 |
-63.39 |
31,291 |
178,096 |
-82.43 |
Finland |
141,701 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Mali |
93,653 |
120,093 |
-22.02 |
18,096 |
43,669 |
-58.56 |
Norway |
49,503 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Turkey's iron ore import sources in January-June can be seen in the graph below:
