Meanwhile, the revenue generated by Turkey's wire rod exports in April totaled $62.2 million, decreasing by 21 percent compared to the previous month and down 38.1 percent year on year.
On the other hand, in the first four months of 2012 Turkey's wire rod exports stood at 391,442 metric tons, down 3.2 percent year on year, while the total revenue of these exports amounted to $254.85 million, decreasing by 5.3 percent as compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.
Turkey's top 10 wire rod export destinations in the first four months of 2012:
Country |
Volume (mt) |
|
Jan-Apr 2012 |
Jan-Apr 2011 |
|
USA |
90,116 |
68,448 |
Brazil |
40,126 |
21,549 |
Israel |
36,277 |
13,491 |
Singapore |
26,962 |
19,433 |
Iraq |
20,171 |
9,119 |
Libya |
18,720 |
14,583 |
Peru |
12,663 |
22,490 |
Italy |
12,591 |
45,035 |
Ghana |
12,041 |
5,039 |
Senegal |
11,603 |
11,842 |