According to the provisional foreign trade statistics compiled by the Turkish Exporters' Association (TIM), in January this year Turkey's iron and steel product exports totaled $683.5 million in value, decreasing by 29.54 percent year on year and down 19.52 percent over December 2009, while exports of ferrous and non-ferrous metals rose by 31.11 percent compared to January 2009 and were down 11.95 percent month on month, amounting to a value of $390.7 million.
Turkey's top ten steel export destinations in January 2010:
Country | Volume ($) |
Iraq | 52,395,372 |
Libya | 42,864,702 |
UAE | 39,782,179 |
Egypt | 37,362,140 |
Saudi Arabia | 36,653,054 |
Morocco | 33,480,834 |
Algeria | 29,940,412 |
USA | 25,736,471 |
Singapore | 24,101,387 |
Syria | 20,665,489 |