Turkey's scrap imports up 28.76 percent in January

Friday, 14 March 2014 11:28:26 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

In January this year, Turkey's steel scrap import volume increased by 28.76 percent year on year to 1.95 million metric tons, up 2.75 percent compared to the December, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). The value of this import volume totaled $766.49 million, up 28.57 percent year on year and increasing by 6.35 percent month on month.


 
In January, Turkey imported 474,466 mt of steel scrap from the US, up 1.20 percent year on year and rising by 56.34 percent month on month. The US remained first among Turkey's major steel scrap import sources in the given month, ahead of Russia which imported 252,402 mt of steel scrap, up 48.15 percent year on year and increasing by 38.86 percent month on month. 
 
Turkey's top 10 steel scrap import sources in January this year are as follows:

 

CountryVolume (mt) 
US474,466468,846
Russia252,402101,714
Netherlands237,29330,808
UK174,334294,272
Belgium132,8970,451
Romania129,016129,826
Estonia70,6227,631
Bulgaria55,75256,438
Ukraine55,3374,38
S. Africa53,983-


Turkey's main scrap sources on country basis in January this year are presented below:

 


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