In October this year, the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 80.3 percent, down from 81.9 percent recorded in September this year, while the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 79.4 percent in October last year, 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 75.7 percent, down from 75.9 percent recorded in September and up from 73.8 percent in October last year.
The capacity utilization rate in Turkey’s general manufacturing industry, on the other hand, was at 78.0 percent in October this year, decreasing from 78.1 percent in the previous month and rising from 75.4 percent in the same month of 2020.