According to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), the country exported 34, 203 tons of hot rolled (HR) steel flat products in July, slumping by 35.1% from a month earlier and decreasing substantially from 209,846 tons in the same period of a year earlier.
In July, the country's export values generated by HR steel flat products amounted to US$25.20 million, decreasing by 32.8% from a month ago and slumping by 84.2% year on year.
In the first seven months of this year, Turkey's exports of HR steel flat products totaled 576,386 tons, sliding by 55% year on year.
Meanwhile, Turkey's exports of cold rolled (CR) steel flat products was at 3,684 tons, decreasing by 26.7% month on month. In the first seven months of this year, the country's exports of CR steel flat products amounted to 50,559 tons, decreasing by 38.4% year on year.