Turkish HRC import volume down 11.7 percent in January-October

Friday, 14 December 2018 17:01:44 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

In October this year, Turkey's total hot rolled coil (HRC) imports decreased by 40 percent year on year to 230,525 metric tons, down 29.5 percent compared to September, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). These imports had a value of $143.5 million, falling by 28.2 percent month on month and down 29 percent year on year.

In the first ten months of the current year, Turkey's HRC imports amounted to 3.09 million mt, down 11.7 percent, while the value of these imports increased by 7.7 percent to $1.88 billion, both year on year.

In the given period, Russia ranked first among Turkey's HRC import sources, with its HRC exports to Turkey amounting to 1,388,326 mt, down 23.77 percent year on year, followed by Ukraine which shipped 436,053 mt of HRC to Turkey in the given period.
 
Turkey's top HRC import sources in the January-October period are as follows:

Country

Amount (mt)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan-Oct

2018

Jan-Oct

2017

Y-o-y change (%)

October 2018

October 2017

Y-o-y change (%)

Russia

1,388,326

1,821,158

-23.77

95,171

113,942

-16.47

Ukraine

436,053

219,149

98.98

22,351

17,778

25.72

France

270,562

381,956

-29.16

24,035

37,554

-36.00

Brazil

197,880

240,890

-17.85

29,815

20,491

45.50

Germany

152,019

123,197

23.40

17,878

46,388

-61.46

Netherlands

114,033

23,736

380.42

-

4,568

-

India

93,946

23,536

299.16

5,704

-

-

Turkey's main HRC import sources in the January-October period are as follows:


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