In July this year, the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 78.2 percent, unchanged from June, while the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 79.4 percent in July last year, according to the provisional data released by the Central Bank of Turkey.
Meanwhile, in July of the current year the capacity utilization rate in the manufacture of metal products, except machinery and equipment, was 70.3 percent, falling from 72 percent recorded in June and down from 71.6 percent in July last year.
The capacity utilization rate in Turkey's general manufacturing industry, on the other hand, was at 76.2 percent in July this year, down from the 77.1 percent recorded in the previous month and in the same month of 2018.