In August this year, Turkey's total longitudinally welded tube and profile exports increased by 118.3 percent to 161,494 metric tons compared to July and were up 49.9 percent year on year, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). These exports had a value of $178.1 million, up 117.6 percent month on month, while increasing by 179.1 percent compared to the same month of 2020.
In the January-August period of this year, Turkey's longitudinally welded tube and profile exports amounted to 1.04 million mt, up 23.3 percent, while the value of these exports increased by 82.9 percent to $931.94 million, 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 174,404 metric tons, up 14.5 percent year on year. Romania was followed by the United Kingdom with 158,260 metric tons and Iraq with 104,075 metric tons.
Turkey's top longitudinally welded tube and profile export destinations in January-August are as follows:
|
Country |
Amount (mt) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January-August 2021 |
January- August 2020 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
August 2021 |
August 2020 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
|
Romania |
174,404 |
152,260 |
14.54 |
20,480 |
5,970 |
243.05 |
|
UK |
158,260 |
68,434 |
131.26 |
36,199 |
13,505 |
168.04 |
|
Iraq |
104,075 |
126,027 |
-17.42 |
6,717 |
22,137 |
-69.66 |
|
Belgium |
96,177 |
64,862 |
48.28 |
15,320 |
10,188 |
50.37 |
|
Israel |
42,956 |
61,348 |
-29.98 |
6,742 |
8,700 |
-22.51 |
|
Germany |
41,131 |
33,121 |
24.18 |
10,374 |
3,458 |
200.00 |
|
Ireland |
38,187 |
14,934 |
155.71 |
6,290 |
1,652 |
280.75 |
|
Italy |
34.673 |
22.703 |
52,72 |
5.564 |
2.845 |
95,57 |
|
Georgia |
29.833 |
44.891 |
-33,54 |
3.737 |
8.022 |
-53,42 |
|
Canada |
28.295 |
14.813 |
91,01 |
2.057 |
1.151 |
78,71 |
Turkey's main longitudinally welded tube and profile export destinations in January-August are as follows:
