In March, the average export price of Turkish wire rod amounted to $540/mt, up $15,77/mt or three percent from February levels and indicating an increase of $102/mt or 23.31 percent compared to March 2009.
Turkey's top ten wire rod export destinations in March 2010:
Country |
Volume (mt) |
USA |
21,552 |
Egypt |
8,355 |
Taiwan |
7,477 |
Brazil |
7,047 |
Saudi Arabia |
7,008 |
Iran |
3,918 |
Spain |
3,502 |
Israel |
3,200 |
Italy |
2,900 |
Jordan |
1,550 |
Meanwhile, in the first quarter of 2010, Turkey's wire rod exports surged 5.66 percent, amounting to 266,710 metric tons, while the revenue of these exports totaled $139.1 million, up 18.68 percent, both compared to the corresponding period of 2009.