In August this year, Turkey's rebar export volume increased by 3.9 percent year on year and decreased by 10.2 percent month on month to 314,116 metric tons, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). The value of these exports totaled $170.18 million, down by 4.1 percent year on year and by 10.8 percent month on month.
In the January-August period, Turkey's rebar exports amounted to 2.67 million mt, up 21 percent, while the value of these exports increased by 13.7 percent to $1.47 billion, both year on year.
Turkey’s rebar exports - last 12 months
In the first eight months this year, Turkey exported 440,855 mt of rebar to Yemen, up 7.3 percent year on year, with Yemen ranking as Turkey's leading rebar export destination, ahead of Romania which received 235,104 mt, up 26.3 percent in the given period. Romania was followed by Albania with 163,112 mt, up 21.6 percent year on year.
Turkey's top 10 rebar export destinations in the January-August period are as follows:
| Country | Amount (mt) | |||||
| January-August 2025 | January-August 2024 | Y-o-y change (%) | August 2025 | August 2024 | Y-o-y change (%) | |
| Yemen | 440,855 | 410,763 | 7.3 | 6,611 | 25,667 | -74.2 |
| Romania | 235,104 | 186,159 | 26.3 | 10,686 | 34,353 | -68.9 |
| Albania | 163,112 | 134,174 | 21.6 | 23,058 | 30,948 | -25.5 |
| Syria | 127,988 | 72,021 | 77.7 | 23,332 | 9,008 | 159.0 |
| UK | 119,277 | 54,780 | 117.7 | 13,006 | 12,165 | 6.9 |
| Georgia | 115,959 | 770 | - | 12,216 | 350 | >1000.0 |
| Northern Cyprus | 115,606 | 102,518 | 12.8 | 14,574 | 19,869 | -26.6 |
| Lithuania | 73,042 | 13,944 | 423.8 | 22,477 | - | - |
| UAE | 69,992 | - | - | 15,815 | - | - |
| Jordan | 65,277 | - | - | - | - | - |
Shares in Turkey’s rebar exports - January-August 2025
