Turkish HRC import volume up 6.7 percent in Jan-Jun

Monday, 13 August 2018 16:37:34 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

In June this year, Turkey's total hot rolled coil (HRC) imports decreased by 13.7 percent year on year to 313,598 metric tons, down 33.3 percent compared to May, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). These imports had a value of $200 million, falling by 32.2 percent month on month and up 10 percent year on year.

In the first half of the current year, Turkey's HRC imports amounted to 2.1 million mt, up 6.7 percent, while the value of these imports increased by 28.8 percent to $1.26 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 964,000 mt, down 20.6 percent year on year, followed by Ukraine which shipped 278,823 mt of HRC to Turkey in the given period.
 
Turkey's top HRC import sources in the January-June period are as follows:

Country

Amount (mt)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan-Jun

2018

Jan-Jun

2017

Y-o-y change (%)

June 2018

June 2017

Y-o-y change (%)

Russia

964,000

1,213,633

-20.57

122,626

210,206

-41.66

Ukraine

278,823

129,895

114.65

55,533

30,486

82.16

France

174,798

179,244

-2.48

27,121

52,714

-48.55

Netherlands

101,610

7,498

1255.16

3,142

1,076

192.01

Germany

91,978

9,073

913.76

2,460

4,782

-48.56

Brazil

84,434

123,340

-31.54

55,388

26,587

108.33

Spain

65,832

29,881

120.31

7,688

7,477

2.82

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


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