In April this year, Turkey's slab imports amounted to 452,959 mt, falling by five percent month on month and up 324.25 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 $247 million, rising by 428 percent year on year and remaining almost stable month on month.
In the first four months of the current year, Turkey's slab imports amounted to 1.53 million mt, up 95.4 percent, while the value of these imports increased by 155.9 percent to $793.2 million, both year on year.
In the given period, Turkey imported 744,776 metric tons of slab from Russia. Russia was Turkey's largest slab import source in the period in question, followed by Ukraine, which supplied 253,110 mt.
Turkey's slab import sources in the January-April period are as follows:
Country |
Amount (mt) |
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Jan-Apr 2018 |
Jan-Apr 2017 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
April 2018 |
April 2017 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
Russia |
744,776 |
315,831 |
135.81 |
179,323 |
50,202 |
257.20 |
Ukraine |
253,110 |
77,024 |
228.61 |
101,237 |
20,839 |
385.81 |
Brazil |
249,877 |
293,495 |
-14.86 |
69,963 |
- |
- |
UK |
68,911 |
39,591 |
74.06 |
- |
20,307 |
- |
Turkey's sources of imported slab in the January-April period can be seen in the graph below:
