Turkish HRC import volume down 5.9 percent in January-May

Thursday, 13 July 2017 14:49:57 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

In May this year, Turkey's total hot rolled coil (HRC) imports increased by four percent year on year to 327,597 metric tons, up 33.4 percent compared to April, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). These imports had a value of $162.78 million, rising by 0.85 percent month on month and up 93.5 percent year on year.

In the first five months of the current year, Turkey's HRC imports amounted to 1.6 million mt, down 5.9 percent, while the value of these imports increased by 50.6 percent to $796.14 million, 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 1,003,425 mt, up 53.17 percent year on year, followed by France which shipped 126,530 mt of HRC to Turkey in the given period.
 
Turkey's top HRC import sources in the first five months of this year are as follows:

 

Country

Amount (mt)

 

 

 

 

 

 

January-May

2017

January-May

2016

Y-o-y change (%)

May 2017

May 2016

Y-o-y change (%)

Russia

1,003,425

655,092

53.17

162,191

106,185

52.74

France

126,530

144,377

-12.36

30,635

22,262

37.61

Ukraine

99,409

175,140

-43.24

23,864

30,369

-21.42

Brazil

96,752

165,316

-41.47

20,943

24,181

-13.39

Romania

74,203

146,000

-49.18

20,256

31,128

-34.93

Slovakia

45,913

3,341

1274.23

2,940

-

-

Belgium

31,800

35,253

-9.79

6,837

10,923

-37.41

 

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


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