According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in 2012 Turkey's flat steel imports, including hot rolled, cold rolled, coated and narrow strip steel, amounted to 5 million metric tons, decreasing 1.8 percent year on year.
In 2012, Turkey's hot rolled flat steel imports from Ukraine amounted to 812,696 metric tons, increasing by 7.4 percent year on year. Turkey's second biggest source of hot rolled flat steel imports last year was Russia with 527,669 metric tons, down 34.5 percent compared to 2011.
Meanwhile, in January this year Turkey's flat steel imports fell by 20 percent compared to the previous month and were down 0.7 percent compared to January 2012, totaling 355,777 metric tons. The value of these imports amounted to $241.7 million, decreasing by 25 percent from December and down 17.6 percent year on year.
Product
Import volume (mt)
Dec-12
Dec-11
2012
2011
Hot rolled flat steel
227,518
236,622
3,366,809
3,420,486
Cold rolled flat steel
35,985
54,162
638,175
641,783
Coated
59,571
39,495
682,989
748,681
Strip
32,703
24,868
359,559
328,770
Total
355,777
358,146
5,047,532
5,139,719 Turkey's rolled coil imports over the past 12 years are indicated in the following chart, with decreases observed in the past couple of years:
