In February this year, the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 77 percent, up from 75.1 percent recorded in January, while the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 74.3 percent in February last year, according to the provisional data released by the Central Bank of Turkey.
Meanwhile, in February of the current year the capacity utilization rate in the manufacture of metal products, except machinery and equipment, was 67.4 percent, decreasing from 68.6 percent recorded in January and down from 70.9 percent in February last year.
The capacity utilization rate in Turkey's general manufacturing industry, on the other hand, was at 75.4 percent in February this year, down from the 75.5 percent recorded in the previous month and rising from 73.5 percent in the same month of 2016.