The United States will become the largest supplier of scrap to Turkey in January-April 2026, as imports increase slightly.

In April of this year, the volume of scrap imports to Turkey increased by 14.7 percent month-on-month and decreased by 0.8 percent year-on-year to 1.86 million metric tons, according to data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). The value of these imports amounted to $724.20 million, an increase of 17.0 percent month-on-month and an increase of 0.6 percent year-on-year.

In the period from January to April, scrap imports to Turkey totaled 6.59 million tons, an increase of 0.4 percent, while the value of these imports increased by 1.5 percent to $2.51 billion year-on-year.

Scrap imports to Turkey - last 12 months

In January-April 2025, the largest sources of scrap imports to Turkey were mainly the Netherlands, the United States, Great Britain, Belgium and Denmark, while over the same period in 2026, the rating shifted in favor of the United States. Imports from the United States increased 34 percent year-on-year to 1.41 million tons, making it the largest supplier, while imports from the Netherlands, the main source last year, fell 26.6 percent to 861,246 tons. The UK retained third place with an increase of 4.4 percent, while the increase in imports from Romania by 65.6 percent to 527,788 tons was noticeable. On the contrary, a decrease in imports from Belgium and Germany by 28.1 percent and 24.4 percent, respectively, limited overall growth.

The top 10 largest sources of scrap imports to Turkey in the period from January to April are as follows:

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Country	Amount (metro)
	January-April 2026	January-April 2025	Change from last year (%)	April 2026	April 2025	Change from last year (%)
USA	1 414 758	1 055 808	34.0	433,357	279,418	55.1
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