ANKARA: Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) said the total scrap imports by Turkey during the month of December 2014 declined sharply by nearly 32% from the previous month. The scrap imports during the month were also down by 15.6% when compared with Dec’13.
The country’s scrap imports during Dec ‘14 totaled 1.29 million tons. Turkey had imported 1.53 million tons of scrap during November last year.
The largest scrap exporter to Turkey during December 2014 was the US. The US exported 258,000 tons of scrap to Turkey, constituting one-fifth of the total Turkish imports during the month. The imports from the US were down by 14.93% during the month over the previous year. The second largest scrap supplier to Turkey was Belgium with 193,000 tons, up by 4.63% over the year. In third place was Russia with 156,000 tons.
