According to the provisional foreign trade statistics compiled by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) , in December last year the value of Turkey’s iron and steel imports increased by 84.6 percent year on year, totaling $2.81 billion.
In the given month, iron and steel ranked in third place among the most imported products of the country in terms of value.
In 2021, the value of Turkey’s iron and steel imports totaled $27.61 billion, rising by 82.9 percent compared to the previous year.