Turkey’s PPGI exports up 39.2 percent in Jan-May

Friday, 13 July 2018 16:46:32 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in May this year Turkey's pre-painted galvanized iron (PPGI) exports amounted to 14,003 mt, up 17.4 percent year on year, while the revenue from these exports totaled $14.07 million, rising 24 percent compared to the same month of 2017. 

During the January-May period, Turkey’s PPGI exports increased by 39.2 percent to 71,646 mt, while the revenue from these exports amounted to $71.9 million, up 51.2 percent, both year on year.

The US was Turkey's leading PPGI export destination in the first five months of the current year, with imports of 10,311 mt of PPGI from Turkey. In the given period, the US was followed by Greece and Romania, whose PPGI imports from Turkey amounted to 10,130 mt and 7,737 mt respectively.

Turkey's main PPGI export destinations in the January-May period:

Country

Amount (mt)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan-May 2018

Jan-May 2017

Y-o-y change (%)

May 2018

May 2017

Y-o-y change (%)

USA

10,311

4,118

150.39

1,657

1,158

43.09

Greece

10,130

1,646

515.43

1,255

503

149.50

Romania

7,737

5,732

34.98

2,146

1,599

34.21

Bulgaria

6,899

6,275

9.94

2,271

1,878

20.93

Bosnia-Herzegovina

4,876

1,708

185.48

1,966

841

133.77


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