Turkey’s steel billet exports down 27 percent in February

Meanwhile, in the first two months of 2012 Turkey's steel billet exports declined by 10.3 percent to 375,550 metric tons, while the revenue for these exports stood at $227.75 million, down by 6.5 percent, both compared to the same period of 2011.

In the January-February period of this year, Turkey almost doubled its steel billet exports to Saudi Arabia, while the country's steel billet exports to Egypt decreased by 24.1 percent, both compared to the first two months of 2011.

Turkey's top five steel billet export destinations in February 2012: