Turkish ferrous scrap imports grow by 13% in Sept

Turkey- the world’s largest ferrous scrap importer, recorded a 13% increase in imports to 2.14 mn t in Sep’20 as against 1.89 mn t in Aug’20, as per data maintained with SteelMint. Imports from USA were significantly up by 32% to 0.49 mn t in Sep’20. Mills remained active in restocking scrap cargoes ahead winters which boosted imports.