In July this year, Turkey (turkey)’s billet (billet) and bloom import volume decreased by 46.8 % month on month to 175,603 mt, down by 25.3 % year on year, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK).
The value of these imports totaled $117.85 million, down 51.3 % month on month and down 28.4 % year on year.
In the January-July period of this year, Turkey’s billet import volume amounted to 1.36 million mt, decreasing by 31.9 % , while the value of these imports decreased by 16.6 % to $1.01 billion, both year on year.