In October this year, the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 79.9 percent, up from 77.4 percent recorded in September, while the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 77.7 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 73.1 percent, decreasing from 73.2 percent recorded in September and stable compared to October last year.
The capacity utilization rate in Turkey's general manufacturing industry, on the other hand, was at 79.7 percent in October this year, up from the 79 percent recorded in the previous month and rising from 77.9 percent in the same month of 2016.