In November last year, Turkey’s scrap imports rose by 3.3% month on month and by 16.3% year on year to 1,540,290 mt, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK).

Meanwhile, the value of these imports increased by 6.1% compared to the previous month and by 22.3% year on year to $602.35 million.

In the January-November period of last year, Turkey’s scrap imports moved down by 14.1% to 16.80 million mt, while the revenue from these imports amounted to $6.96 billion, down 24.8%, both year on year.

In the given period, Turkey’s scrap imports from the US amounted to 3,925,691 mt, up 7.3% year on year, while the US was followed by the Netherlands with 1,883,547 mt, down 7%, and by Belgium with 1,429,215 mt, down 0.8%, both on year-on-year basis.