According to the provisional foreign trade statistics compiled by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) and the Turkish Undersecretariat of Customs, in the first 11 months of this year the value of
Turkey's iron and steel imports decreased by 4.4 percent compared to the same period of 2013, totaling $16.15 billion. In the given period, the country's imports of articles of iron or steel amounted to $2.4 billion, down by 4.5 percent year on year. In the period in question, iron and steel ranked fourth among the most imported products of the country in terms of value.
Meanwhile, in November this year, the value of
Turkey's iron and steel imports totaled $1.43 billion, decreasing 3.7 percent year on year and down by 1.84 percent compared to October this year. In the given month, iron and steel ranked in sixth place among the most imported products of the country in terms of value.
Meanwhile, in November
Turkey's imports of articles of iron or steel, which ranked 17th among the products with the highest import value, down 5.3 percent compared to November 2013 and increasing by 12.6 percent month on month, amounting to $226 million.