In October this year, the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 73.6 percent, down from 75.5 percent recorded in September, while the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 75.4 percent in October 2014, according to the provisional data released by the Central Bank of Turkey.
Meanwhile, in October of the current year the capacity utilization rate in the manufacture of metal products, except machinery and equipment, was 71.6 percent, down from 72.3 percent in September and falling from 72 percent in October last year.
The capacity utilization rate in Turkey's general manufacturing industry, on the other hand, was at 75.5 percent in October this year, down from the 75.9 percent recorded in the previous month and up from 74.9 percent in October 2014.