According to the data released by TUIK, in March the average price of Turkey's steel scrap imports stood at $450/mt, remaining stable compared to the previous month and down $20/mt compared to March 2011.
Meanwhile, in the first quarter of 2012 Turkey's scrap imports amounted to 5.34 million mt, increasing 11.9 percent compared to the same period last year.
Turkey's top 10 steel scrap import sources in the first quarter of 2012 are as follows:
Country |
Volume (mt) |
|
Q1 2012 |
Q1 2011 |
|
1,240,577 |
991,494 |
|
Netherlands |
648,814 |
332,373 |
UK |
600,786 |
464,157 |
Russia |
437,755 |
479,264 |
Romania |
381,885 |
634,038 |
Belgium |
280,954 |
322,110 |
Bulgaria |
169,280 |
177,994 |
Estonia |
164,761 |
90,109 |
Germany |
151,812 |
282,144 |
France |
141,900 |
57,823 |