According to the provisional data released by the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, in June this year the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry came to 79.7 percent, increasing by 1.9 percentage points compared to June 2010 and up from 77.8 percent in May this year. This is the highest capacity utilization level recorded in ten months.
Meanwhile, in June, the capacity utilization rate in the manufacture of metal products, except machinery and equipment, rose by five percentage points year on year reaching 72.5 percent – up from 70.8 percent recorded in May this year.
Capacity utilization rate in Turkey’s general manufacturing industry, on the other hand, came to 76.7 percent, up from 75.2 percent in May this year and up from 73.3 percent in June 2010.