In September this year, Turkey's slab imports amounted to 240,603 mt, rising by 133.8 percent year on year and up 275.9 percent compared to August, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). The total value of Turkey's slab imports in the given month was $100.3 million, up 156.9 percent compared to September 2016 and almost quadrupling month on month.
In the first nine months of the current year, Turkey's slab imports amounted to 1.5 million mt, up 13.2 percent, while the value of these imports increased by 50 percent to $610.3 million, both year on year.
In the January-September period this year, Turkey imported 701,320 metric tons of slab from Russia. Russia was Turkey's largest slab import source in the period in question, followed by Brazil, which supplied 391,140 mt.
Turkey's slab import sources in the January-September period are as follows:
|
Country |
Amount (mt) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January-September 2017 |
January-September 2016 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
September 2017 |
September 2016 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
|
Russia |
701,320 |
231,068 |
203.51 |
106,443 |
- |
- |
|
Brazil |
391,140 |
301,127 |
29.89 |
55,921 |
68,789 |
-18.71 |
|
Ukraine |
214,547 |
260,782 |
-17.73 |
32,686 |
34,102 |
-4.15 |
|
Netherlands |
109,098 |
- |
- |
15,316 |
- |
- |
Turkey's sources of imported slab in the January-September period of this year can be seen in the graph below:
