Turkey’s HRC import volume up 15.4% in January

According to data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in January this year Turkey’s imports of Hot Rolled Coil (HRC) increased by 15.4% year-on-year to 413,777 metric tons, in up 21.8% from December. Revenue from these imports was $366.43 million, up 22.3% month-on-month and up 84.6% from the same month in 2021.

During the review period, Ukraine ranked first among Turkey’s HRC import sources, with its HRC exports to Turkey amounting to 94,600 tonnes, down 22.6% year-on-year, followed by Russia which shipped 75,820 tons of HRC to Turkey in the given period.

The main sources of HRC imports from Turkey in January are as follows:

The country	Amount (tons)
	January 2022	January 2021	Annual change (%)
Ukraine	94,600	122,250	-22.62
Russia	75,820	134 139	-43.48
UK	69 197	–	–
France	48,895	29,625	65.05
Netherlands	42,343	1,551	2630.05
Japan	22,276	52,992	-57.96
Slovakia	19,807	–	–
Spain	18,315	1,276	1335.34
Serbia	9,682	–	–
Germany	7,923	1,099	620.93