In the January-July period this year, Turkey's steel imports increased by 38.1 percent to 10.71 million mt, while the value of these imports rose by 4.7 percent to $7.21 billion, both year on year , according to the data released by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD).
In the given period, Turkey's billet imports totaled 2.51 million mt, up 37.1 percent, while slab imports amounted to 1.85 million mt, surging by 129.7 percent, both year on year. In the same period, flat steel imports totaled 4.89 million mt, rising by 29.4 percent, while long steel imports amounted to 933,000 mt, up 8.2 percent, and pipe imports increased by 20.5 percent to 278,000 mt, all on year-on-year basis.