In March this year, Turkey's rebar exports amounted to 619,102 metric tons, up 10.4 percent compared to February and increasing by 19.3 percent year on year, according to the preliminary data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). The revenue generated by these exports totaled $347.81 million, increasing by 21.1 percent compared to February and up 56.9 percent year on year.
Meanwhile, in the January-March period of this year, Turkey's rebar exports amounted to 1.67 million metric tons, up eight percent year on year, while the revenue generated by these exports totaled $877.35 million, increasing by 32.2 percent compared to the same period of 2020.
In the given period, Turkey's largest rebar export destination was Israel which received 248,375 metric tons, up 21.3 percent year on year. Israel was followed by Peru with 197,190 metric tons and Singapore with 190,291 metric tons.
Turkey's top 10 rebar export destinations in January-March 2021:
|
Country |
Amount (mt) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January-March 2021 |
January-March 2020 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
March 2021 |
March 2020 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
|
Israel |
248,375 |
204,760 |
21.30 |
61,237 |
47,379 |
29.25 |
|
Peru |
197,190 |
18,473 |
967.45 |
118,505 |
2,219 |
5240.47 |
|
Singapore |
190,291 |
130,391 |
45.94 |
51,876 |
49,680 |
4.42 |
|
Yemen |
171,798 |
371,557 |
-53.76 |
54,594 |
128,200 |
-57.41 |
|
Hong Kong |
153,144 |
- |
- |
50,258 |
- |
- |
|
Brazil |
78,591 |
- |
- |
21,459 |
- |
- |
|
USA |
65,786 |
143,660 |
-54.21 |
25,167 |
47,959 |
-47.52 |
|
Jamaica |
44,532 |
23,688 |
87.99 |
- |
8,417 |
- |
|
Senegal |
38,234 |
26,910 |
42.08 |
23,307 |
884 |
2536.54 |
|
Lebanon |
35,828 |
20,156 |
77.75 |
5,442 |
4,698 |
15.84 |
Turkey's main rebar export destinations on country basis in the January-March period this year are presented below:
