Turkey’s seamless pipe imports up four percent in January-March

Tuesday, 26 May 2015 15:38:53 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

In March this year, Turkey's seamless pipe imports amounted to 15,016 metric tons, down 34.7 percent year on year, while the value of these imports totaled $19.04 million, down 35.5 percent year on year, according to the statistics provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK).

In the January-March period, Turkey's seamless pipe imports increased by four percent to 58,316 mt, while the value of these imports amounted to $62.5 million, falling 19 percent, both year on year.

In the first three months, Turkey's seamless pipe imports from China, Turkey's largest seamless pipe import source since 2009, amounted to 40,561 metric tons. China was followed by Ukraine and Germany, with respectively 5,860 metric tons and 4,434 metric tons of seamless pipe exports to Turkey in the given period.
 
In January-March this year, Turkey's top seamless pipe import sources are as follows:

Country

Amount (mt)

     
 

January-March 2015

January-March 2014

Y-o-y change (%)

March 2015

March 2014

Y-o-y change (%)

China

40,561

463

-

9,998

159

-

Ukraine

5,860

4,943

18.55

1,862

632

194.62

Germany

4,435

4,162

6.56

1,646

1,741

-5.46

Romania

1,703

2,090

-18.52

676

938

-27.93

Austria

1,127

400

181.75

459

137

235.04

Slovakia

829

1,553

-46.62

298

578

-48.44

Japan

774

789

-1.90

236

453

-47.90

Belgium

408

863

-52.72

24

441

-94.56

Russia

390

1,502

-74.03

25

1,443

-98.27

Italy

361

271

33.21

172

77

123.38

In January-March this year, Turkey's seamless pipe import sources can be seen in the graph below:


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