Turkey's scrap imports fell 17.7 percent month-on-month and 9.4 percent year-on-year to 1.40 million metric tons in February this year, according to data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). The value of these imports was $534.53 million, down 15.9% year-on-year and 7.8% month-on-month.
In January-February, Turkey's scrap metal imports totaled 3.11 million tons, up 2.7%, while the value of these imports increased 3.2% to $1.17 billion, year-on-year calculator.
Turkey Scrap Imports - Last 12 Months
During the period, Turkey imported 736,076 tons of scrap from the United States, up 102.2 percent from the previous year, with the United States being Turkey's leading source of scrap imports, ahead of the Netherlands, which supplied 459,399 tons in the period, down 24.6 percent. than in the previous year, and the UK, which supplied 284,028 tons of scrap, down 8.9 percent from the previous year.
Turkey's top 10 sources of scrap imports in January-February are as follows:
