The value of these imports totaled $167.49 million, increasing by 52.7 percent month on month and up by 164.6 percent year on year.

In the January-July period of this year, Turkey’s billet import volume amounted to 2 million mt, increasing by 101.4 percent, while the value of these imports increased by 202.8 percent to $1.26 billion, both year on year.

In the specified period, Russia came first and Turkey imported 1.20 million mt of billet from Russia, an increase of 98.01 percent year on year, and Ukraine came in second with a volume of e 259,493 mt in the specified period.

Algeria ranked third with a volume of 157,126, Qatar with a volume of 97,019, and Oman with a volume of 92,319.