The Association of manufacturers of metallurgical products in Turkey DCUD reported the growth of steel imports into the country in January 2013 to 1 million 200 thousand tons, which is 19.1% more than in January 2012.
The cost of steel imports increased by 6.9% and reached $ 985 million. Accordingly, the average price of iron imported by the Turks was $ 850/ton, which is cheaper than $ 947/ton in January 2012.
At the same time, the import of steel workpiece to Turkey decreased by 10.4% amounting to 209 thousand tons, but the supply of slabs increased sharply.
In the first month of this year, Türkiye imported 580 thousand 483 tons of flat rental (+3.2%) and 122 thousand tons of long metal rolling (+24.1%).
Import steel to Turkey in January grew by almost 20%
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Azovpromstal® 30 March 2013 г. 17:46 |
