In June this year, Turkey's iron ore imports totaled 1.12 million mt, increasing by 28.2 percent compared to May and up 33.2 percent as compared to the same month of 2020, according to the statistics provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). The value of these imports increased by 172.5 percent to $206.52 million year on year, while up 20.0 percent as compared to May.
Meanwhile, in the January-June period of this year, Turkey's iron ore imports amounted to 5.48 million metric tons, up 20.1 percent year on year, while the revenue generated by these imports totaled $929.75 million, increasing by 112.3 percent compared to the same period of 2020.
In the given period, Turkey's iron ore imports from Brazil stood at 2.71 million mt, up 1.8 percent year on year. Brazil was followed by Sweden which supplied 904,515 mt, while Turkey's iron ore imports from Russia in the given period amounted to 770,544 mt.
Turkey's iron ore import sources in the January-June period are as follows:
|
Country |
Amount (mt) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January-June 2021 |
January-June 2020 |
Change (%) |
June 2021 |
June 2020 |
Change (%) |
|
Brazil |
2,711,254 |
2,663,379 |
1.80 |
669,006 |
589,923 |
13.41 |
|
Sweden |
904,515 |
1,145,807 |
-21.06 |
165,000 |
164,504 |
0.30 |
|
Russia |
770,544 |
504,409 |
52.76 |
178,096 |
34,804 |
411.71 |
|
Ukraine |
571,950 |
78,655 |
627.16 |
- |
49,502 |
- |
|
S. Africa |
344,509 |
172,949 |
99.20 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Mali |
120,093 |
- |
- |
43,669 |
- |
- |
|
USA |
61,292 |
- |
- |
61,291 |
- |
- |
Turkey's iron ore import sources in the first six months this year can be seen in the graph below:
