Turkish companies exported 627,000mt of hot-rolled coils (HRC) in January-April 2021 compared with 853,000mt from January-April 2020.
According to statistical source SteelData, flat product supply from Turkey to Italy and Spain dropped by 49pc and 36pc respectively to 166,000mt and 96,000mt, respectively, during the period under review.
Turkey shipped 69,000mt of HRC to the USA and 36,000mt to Tunisia, while there were almost no exports to these destinations in the first four months of the previous year.
The supply of flat products from Turkey to Iraq was 35,000mt from January-April 2021 against 26,000mt during January-April 2020.