According to the provisional foreign trade statistics compiled by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) and the Turkish Undersecretariat of Customs, in March this year Turkey's foreign trade deficit decreased by 30.1 percent to $5.20 ...
Tags: Motor vehicles, steel exports
In the first quarter this year, Turkey's finished steel output increased by 2.9 percent to 8.74 million metric tons, despite the 0.5 percent decrease in the country's crude steel output in the given period to 8.43 million metric tons, both ...
Tags: Finished Steel, long products
In the first quarter this year, Turkey's scrap imports increased by 1.2 percent to 4.40 million mt, valued at $1.70 billion, down 1.2 percent, while the country's domestic scrap supply volume decreased by 3.4 percent to 2.88 million mt, all ...
Tags: Scrap Imports, scrap
The Alliance for American Manufacturing is organizing a rally Monday at US Steel’s Lorain, Ohio tubular plant as part of a national effort to convince the US Commerce Department (DOC) to impose duties on dumped steel imports, ...
Tags: Anti-Import-Dumping, US Steel
Swedish specialty steel producer SSAB has posted its financial results for the first quarter of the current year, reporting a net loss of SEK 49 million ($7.5 million) for the given quarter, compared to a net loss of SEK 137 million in the ...
Tags: specialty steel, steel market
According to the monthly consumer tendency survey released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), the consumer confidence index* in Turkey, which stood at 72.7 points in March, increased by 7.9 percent month on month in April this ...
Tags: Consumer Confidence
In the week from April 21 to April 27, on the Orbis Steel Index the Turkish scrap index continued to decrease, while the US (East Coast) HMS I/II scrap export index switched to sideways movement. In the given week, the Turkish rebar index ...
Tags: Steel, Construction, Metallurgy, Mineral
Spot trade of 226, the main aluminum alloy grade, was slow this week, with consumers wary of higher prices, and partly because of the shorter working week. A number of producers have pushed offers of 226 ingot up to around Eur1,700/mt ...
Tags: Aluminum Alloy, spot market
Textile exports from Turkey are expected to increase owing to the gradual recovery of the economy of the European Union (EU), as well as entry into newer markets such as the US, South America and North Korea, said Uludag Textile Exporters ...
Tags: Textile Exports, clothing industry
In the first quarter of the current year, Georgia's exports of semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel to Turkey, the country's main trading partner, increased by 116.59 percent year on year to 21,749 metric tons, according to the ...
Tags: Semi-Finished Exports, iron
In April this year, the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 72.2 percent, down from 74.3 percent recorded in March, while the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing ...
Denmark-based clothing company Bestseller, which owns renowned apparel brands such as Vero Moda and Jack & Jones has announced plans of expansion in Turkey, by opening new retail outlets of Vero Moda and Jack & Jones, at the Cevahir Mall in ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories, Clothing
In March this year, real estate sales in Turkey amounted to 87,617 units, up 6.08 percent month on month and falling 10.56 percent year on year, according to the data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). Meanwhile, in the ...
Tags: Real Estate
According to the monthly sectoral confidence survey released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), the confidence index* for the construction sector in Turkey, which stood at 78.2 points in March of the current year, increased by 0.3 ...
Tags: Construction Sector
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Wednesday the preliminary results of its administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on circular welded carbon steel pipe and tube (standard pipe) from Turkey. The review ...
Tags: Standard Pipe, countervailing duty