In September this year, Turkey's pig iron imports amounted to 62,487 mt, down 25.8 percent year on year and decreasing by 37.4 percent compared to August, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). The total value of Turkey's pig iron imports in the given month decreased by 33.3 percent year on year to $21.05 million, down by 34.8 percent compared to the previous month.
Meanwhile, in the January-September period of this year, Turkey's pig iron imports amounted to 929,048 metric tons, up 3.9 percent year on year, while the revenue generated by these imports totaled $293.90 million, decreasing by 10.3 percent compared to the same period of 2019.
In the January-September period of this year, Turkey imported 505,943 metric tons of pig iron from Russia, down 14.39 percent year on year. Russia ranked first among Turkey's pig iron import sources in the period in question, followed by Ukraine which supplied 229,541 mt, up 64.25 percent year on year.
Turkey's pig iron import sources in the given period are as follows:
Country |
Amount (mt) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
January-September 2020 |
January-September 2019 |
Change (%) |
September 2020 |
September 2019 |
Change (%) |
Russia |
505,943 |
590,970 |
-14.39 |
24,253 |
12,771 |
89.91 |
Ukraine |
229,541 |
139,752 |
64.25 |
16,894 |
10,951 |
54.27 |
Germany |
83,425 |
30,843 |
170.48 |
- |
7,068 |
- |
Brazil |
77,178 |
101,770 |
-24.16 |
19,507 |
53,105 |
-63.27 |
South Africa |
21,000 |
26,985 |
-22.18 |
- |
300 |
- |
Canada |
10,059 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Turkey's pig iron sources in the January-September period of this year can be seen in the graph below:
