According to the statistics of the Turkish Steel Producers Association, the country groups from which Turkey conducted scrap imports during the January-April period of 2022-2023 were announced. During the January-April period, Turkey's scrap import showed an increase only in the Middle East region.
Turkey's scrap imports from the EU in the January-April period of this year decreased by 11.3% compared to the same period last year
Although Turkey's scrap imports from the EU in the first four months of 2023 decreased by 11.3% y-o-y to 3 million 893 thousand tons, Europe maintained its first place as the region to which Turkey exported the most scrap.
The US and the UK followed the EU with approximately 1,258,000 tons and 626,142 tons
In January-April 2023 period, scrap imports from Europe, the US and the UK decreased by 11.3%, 8.9% and 9.3%, respectively, compared to the same period of the previous year.
When the top three countries are evaluated; although there was a decrease in scrap imports in the January - April period of this year compared to the same period of 2022, Turkey maintained its position in the top 3 as the top suppliers of scrap imports, especially Europe, the USA and the UK.
CIS scrap exports to Turkey fell sharply compared to January-April last year
Due to the intense war between Russia and Ukraine, CIS scrap exports to Turkey have almost disappeared. More than a thousand companies withdrew from Russia and Belarus in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Turkey's iron and steel sector was also affected. Since Turkey was affected by such situations, it decided that we should produce our own steel. After this decision, there was a demand for scrap imports from other countries.
According to statistics, Turkey's scrap imports from the CIS ranked 3rd in the first four months of last year with 705 thousand 232 tons, while in the January-April period of this year, it fell 97% to 7th place.
Turkey's scrap imports from the Middle East increased by 11.6% in the January-April 2023 period and remained in 4th place
Scrap imports from the Middle East, which ranked 7th with 237,460 tons in the first quarter of 2022, rose to 4th place with 264,983 tons in the January-April period of this year.
Scrap imports from North Africa fell
Turkey's scrap imports from North African countries decreased by 3.9%. Scrap imports from North African countries decreased by 3.9% compared to January-April period of last year, from 258,594 tons to 248,410 tons.
Scrap imports from Latin America decreased by a record 63% compared to the January-April period of last year...
In January-April 2022, Turkey's scrap imports from Latin America ranked 5th with 540 thousand 267 tons, while there was a sharp decline to 199 thousand 820 tons compared to the first four months of this year.
On the other hand, while Latin America ranked 5th in the January-April period last year, it dropped to 6th place in the first four months of this year.
This decrease is not a coincidence. In July 2022, the allegation of "All of Turkey may be poisoned" emerged.
There was a reaction to the permission given for the dismantling of the Nae Sao Paulo ship, which allegedly carried 600 tons of asbestos in the scrap coming to Aliağa Port in the scrap exports of Brazil, one of the Latin American countries, to Turkey.
For these reasons, it was a sharp decision to reduce scrap imports from Latin America in order to prevent life-threatening hazards and to prevent political turmoil.
Turkey's scrap imports from Far Eastern countries down 72.4
In January-April 2022 & 2023, scrap imports from Far East countries ranked last.
Finally, Turkey's scrap imports in global markets fell. Turkey's scrap imports from other countries decreased from 475,829 tons to 169,569 tons, down by 64.4%.
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