In January this year, the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 80.1 percent, down from 81.4 percent recorded in December last year, while the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 82.8 percent in January 2020, according to the provisional data released by the Central Bank of Turkey.
Meanwhile, in January of the current year the capacity utilization rate in the manufacture of metal products, except machinery and equipment, was 74.5 percent, down from 75.2 percent recorded in December and down from 75.7 percent in January last year.
The capacity utilization rate in Turkey’s general manufacturing industry, on the other hand, was at 77.6 percent in January this year, increasing from 78.7 percent in the previous month and rising from 75.4 percent in the same month of 2020.