According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in June this year Turkey's pre-painted galvanized iron (PPGI) exports amounted to 8,893 mt, increasing by 59 percent compared to the previous month and down 7.5 percent year on year, while the revenue from these exports totaled $8.53 million, up 70.9 percent month on month and falling 2.4 percent compared to the same month of 2015.
During the first half of the current year, Turkey’s PPGI exports decreased by 35.6 percent to 37,636 mt, while the revenue from these exports amounted to $32.44 million, down 39.1 percent, both year on year.
Bulgaria was Turkey's leading PPGI export destination in the January-June period, with imports of 5,792 mt of PPGI from Turkey. In the given period, Bulgaria was followed by Libya and Algeria, with Libya’s PPGI imports from Turkey amounting to 3,110 mt, while Algeria received 2,716 mt of PPGI from Turkey in this period.
Turkey's main PPGI export destinations in the January-June period:
| Country | Amount (mt) | |||||
| Jan-June 2016 | Jan- June 2015 | Y-o-y change (%) | June 2016 | June 2015 | Y-o-y change (%) | |
| Bulgaria | 5,792 | 5,568 | 4.02 | 1,499 | 1,355 | 10.63 |
| Libya | 3,110 | 3,160 | -1.58 | 1,474 | 563 | 161.81 |
| Algeria | 2,716 | 752 | - | 423 | 100 | - |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | 2,284 | 1,832 | 24.67 | 545 | 137 | - |
| Romania | 2,149 | 1,983 | 8.37 | 605 | 352 | 71.88 |
| Georgia | 1,942 | 2,909 | -33.24 | 342 | 973 | -64.85 |
| Poland | 1,628 | 1,119 | 45.49 | 357 | 236 | 51.27 |
| Greece | 1,578 | 1,855 | -14.93 | 343 | 581 | -40.96 |
| Egypt | 1,561 | 219 | - | 574 | - | - |
| Jordan | 1,376 | 998 | 37.88 | 206 | 79 | 160.76 |