In February this year, Turkey's rebar exports amounted to 362,658 metric tons, down 33.7 percent compared to January and decreasing by 21.8 percent year on year, according to the preliminary data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). Meanwhile, the revenue generated by these exports totaled $166.07 million, falling by 36 percent compared to January and down 35.3 percent year on year.
Meanwhile, in the first two months of this year, Turkey's rebar exports amounted to 909,317 metric tons, down 10.1 percent year on year, while the revenue generated by these exports totaled $425.57 million, falling by 22.2 percent compared
In the given period, Turkey's largest rebar export destination was Yemen which received 235,659 metric tons, up 21.82 percent year on year. Yemen was followed by Israel with 137,094 metric tons and the UK with 59,757 metric tons.
Turkey's top 10 rebar export destinations in January-February 2019:
|
Country |
Amount (mt) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January-February 2019 |
January-February 2018 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
February 2019 |
February 2018 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
|
Yemen |
235,659 |
193,450 |
21.82 |
85,352 |
107,414 |
-20.54 |
|
Israel |
137,094 |
120,461 |
13.81 |
86,805 |
63,116 |
37.23 |
|
UK |
59,757 |
29,423 |
103.10 |
- |
12,000 |
- |
|
Singapore |
56,143 |
16,666 |
236.87 |
56,143 |
- |
- |
|
Ireland |
32,714 |
19,650 |
66.48 |
- |
7,043 |
- |
|
Ethiopia |
30,841 |
34,096 |
-9.55 |
13,739 |
25,195 |
-45.47 |
|
Djibouti |
25,565 |
14,926 |
71.28 |
9,873 |
10,126 |
-2,50 |
|
Chile |
23,702 |
8,424 |
181.36 |
9,816 |
- |
- |
|
Netherlands |
23,604 |
47,717 |
-50.53 |
- |
23,671 |
- |
|
Romania |
20,890 |
15,489 |
34.87 |
- |
5,000 |
- |
Turkey's main rebar export destinations on country basis in the first two months of this year are presented below:
