In October this year, Turkey's total longitudinally welded tube and profile exports decreased by 48.5 percent to 94,235 metric tons compared to September and were down 12.7 percent year on year, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). These exports had a value of $109.9 million, down 46.9 percent month on month, while increasing by 55.8 percent compared to the same month of 2020.
In the January-October period of this year, Turkey's longitudinally welded tube and profile exports amounted to 1.31 million mt, up 15.6 percent, while the value of these exports increased by 80.7 percent to $1.24 billion, both compared to the same period of 2020.
In the given period, Turkey's largest longitudinally welded tube and profile export destination was Romania which received 239,549 metric tons, up 10.4 percent year on year. Romania was followed by the United Kingdom with 184,157 metric tons and Iraq with 133,271 metric tons.
Turkey's top longitudinally welded tube and profile export destinations in January-October are as follows:
Country |
Amount (mt) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
January-October 2021 |
January- October 2020 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
October 2021 |
October 2020 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
Romania |
239,549 |
217,086 |
10.35 |
10,393 |
11,041 |
-5.87 |
UK |
184,157 |
91,893 |
100.40 |
7,063 |
1,346 |
424.74 |
Iraq |
133,271 |
177,518 |
-24.93 |
18,105 |
29,162 |
-37.92 |
Belgium |
120,802 |
79,443 |
52.06 |
6,541 |
2,825 |
131.54 |
Israel |
55,395 |
75,781 |
-26.90 |
5,805 |
6,997 |
-17.04 |
Germany |
47,553 |
43,333 |
9.74 |
2,422 |
4,649 |
-47.90 |
Italy |
45,611 |
30,020 |
51.94 |
5,131 |
3,341 |
53.58 |
Ireland |
42,728 |
17,305 |
146.91 |
7 |
159 |
-95.60 |
Canada |
39,665 |
18,735 |
111.72 |
6,682 |
1,984 |
236.79 |
Georgia |
37,178 |
56,490 |
-34.19 |
3,666 |
5,459 |
-32.84 |
Turkey's main longitudinally welded tube and profile export destinations in January-October are as follows: