According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in August this year Turkey's pre-painted galvanized iron (PPGI) exports amounted to 12,043 mt, down 24.3 percent month on month and up 30.8 percent year on year, while the revenue from these exports totaled $11.2 million, falling by 20 percent compared to July and up 41.5 percent compared to the same month of 2016.
In the January-August period this year, Turkey’s PPGI exports increased by 76.7 percent to 92,089 mt, while the revenue from these exports amounted to $84.7 million, up 86.3 percent, both year on year.
Romania was Turkey's leading PPGI export destination in the first eight months of the current year, with imports of 13,546 mt of PPGI from Turkey. In the given period, Romania was followed by Bulgaria and Russia, whose PPGI imports from Turkey amounted to 13,389 mt and 6,425 mt respectively.
Turkey's main PPGI export destinations in the January-August period of this year:
Country |
Amount (mt) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jan-Aug 2017 |
Jan-Aug 2016 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
August 2017 |
August 2016 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
Romania |
13,546 |
3,163 |
328.26 |
1,883 |
611 |
208.18 |
Bulgaria |
13,389 |
8,001 |
67.34 |
1,924 |
1,150 |
67.30 |
USA |
6,425 |
70 |
- |
1,079 |
- |
- |
Russia |
5,921 |
1,712 |
245.85 |
- |
1,185 |
- |
Algeria |
5,100 |
3,357 |
51.92 |
351 |
520 |
-32.50 |