In February this year, Turkey's slab imports amounted to 283,487 mt, rising by 159.3 percent month on month and up 67.4 percent year on year, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). The total value of Turkey's slab imports in the given month was $143.2 million, rising by 115.3 percent year on year and up 178.8 percent month on month.
In the first two months of the current year, Turkey's slab imports amounted to 603,069 mt, up 50 percent, while the value of these imports increased by 96.9 percent to $299.8 million, both year on year.
In the given period, Turkey imported 359,672 metric tons of slab from Russia. Russia was Turkey's largest slab import source in the period in question, followed by Ukraine, which supplied 108,257 mt.
Turkey's slab import sources in the January-February period are as follows:
|
Country |
Amount (mt) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jan-Feb 2018 |
Jan-Feb 2017 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
February 2018 |
February 2017 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
|
Russia |
359,672 |
200,549 |
79.34 |
151,006 |
22,825 |
561.58 |
|
Ukraine |
108,257 |
45,230 |
139.35 |
48,917 |
45,230 |
8.15 |
|
UK |
68,911 |
19,554 |
252.41 |
49,451 |
19,554 |
152.89 |
|
Serbia |
24,025 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Turkey's sources of imported slab in the January-February period can be seen in the graph below:
