According to the provisional data released by the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, in November this year the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 79.2 percent, increasing by 0.8 percentage points compared to November 2010 and down 1.1 percentage points compared to October this year.
Meanwhile, in November the capacity utilization rate in the manufacture of metal products, except machinery and equipment, rose by 4.4 percentage points year on year reaching 71.7 percent - up from 69.9 percent recorded in October this year.
Capacity utilization rate in Turkey's general manufacturing industry, on the other hand, came to 76.9 percent, increasing from 77 percent in October this year and up from 75.9 percent in November 2010.