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Turkey’s steel section exports up 59 percent in February

Thursday, 19 April 2012 14:05:41 (GMT+3) |

According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in February this year Turkey's total steel section exports amounted to 195,250 metric tons, rising by 59 percent year on year and up 70.9 percent compared to the previous month. Meanwhile, the revenue generated by these exports totaled $143.8 million, up by 66.7 percent compared to February 2011 and up 67.6 percent month on month.

In the first two months of 2012, Turkey's steel section exports rose 26.4 percent compared to the carresponding petriod of the last year, amounting to 309,400 mt.

Turkey's top 10 steel section export destinations in February 2012 are as follows:

Country	Volume (mt)
Country	February 2011	February 2012
Saudi Arabia	12,517	41,169
Morocco	10,510	22,810
Canada	-	16,567
Iraq	9.000	15,619
USA	14,936	8,815
Iran	10,892	6,625
UK	1,027	6,200
Tunisia	441	5,929
Nigeria	7,782	5,482
Algeria	6,435	5,267

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Turkey’s steel section exports up 59 percent in February

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