The tenth largest importer of Iron ore, Turkey’s imports have witnessed an increase of 23% M-o-M to 0.92 MnT iron ore as it was 0.75 MnT in Apr’17. Turkey iron ore imports were however down Y-o-Y by 5% as it were at 0.97 MnT in May’16.
In the first five months of 2017, the country imported 4.86 MnT iron ore, up 8% as it was 4.5 MnT in the same period last year.
The non-agglomerated iron ore (lumps and fines) import in May’17 was registered at 0.53 MnT, up M-o-M 130% against 0.23 MnT, last year May import quantity was same. On the other hand, the agglomerated ore (pellets and concentrates) import was registered at 0.39 MnT, down by both 25% M-o-M and 11% Y-o-Y compared with May’16.
Country’s iron ore imports were majorly from Brazil 0.36 MnT, Russia 0.31 MnT, Sweden 0.16 MnT & Ukraine 0.09 MnT.
Country-wise Turkey iron ore imports in May’17
| Country |
May’17 |
Apr’17 |
% change |
Jan-May’17 |
Jan-May’16 |
% change |
| Brazil |
0.36 |
0.42 |
-14% |
1.97 |
2.35 |
-16% |
| Canada |
0.00 |
0.00 |
– |
0.34 |
0.17 |
98% |
| Russia |
0.31 |
0.00 |
100% |
0.57 |
0.83 |
-31% |
| South Africa |
0.00 |
0.09 |
-100% |
0.49 |
0.17 |
189% |
| Sweden |
0.16 |
0.16 |
0% |
0.81 |
0.65 |
25% |
| Ukraine |
0.09 |
0.08 |
13% |
0.53 |
0.33 |
62% |
| Finland |
0.00 |
0.00 |
– |
0.14 |
0.00 |
100% |
| Grand Total |
0.92 |
0.75 |
23% |
4.86 |
4.50 |
8% |
Quantity in MnT
Source: Turkey Customs
Provisional Data
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