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 11,925 mt, down 7.1 percent month on month and up 113.2 percent year on year, while the revenue from these exports totaled $11.34 million, falling by 3.9 percent compared to April and up 127.2 percent compared to the same month of 2016.
In the January-May period this year, Turkey’s PPGI exports increased by 79.5 percent to 51,452 mt, while the revenue from these exports amounted to $47.5 million, up 99.7 percent, both year on year.
Bulgaria was Turkey's leading PPGI export destination in the first five months of the current year, with imports of 6,275 mt of PPGI from Turkey. In the given period, Russia was followed by Romania and Russia, whose PPGI imports from Turkey amounted to 5,732 mt and 5,675 mt respectively.
Turkey's main PPGI export destinations in the January-May period of this year:
|
Country |
Amount (mt) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jan-May 2017 |
Jan-May 2016 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
May 2017 |
May 2016 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
|
Bulgaria |
6,275 |
4,292 |
46.20 |
1,878 |
534 |
251.69 |
|
Romania |
5,732 |
1,544 |
271.24 |
1,599 |
352 |
354.26 |
|
Russia |
5,675 |
434 |
1207.60 |
898 |
147 |
510.88 |
|
USA |
4,118 |
70 |
- |
1,158 |
- |
- |
|
Algeria |
3,973 |
2,293 |
73.27 |
170 |
133 |
27.82 |