[Turkey's steel exports up 2.5% yoy in 1H2026, with June surging 28.4%]

Published: Aug 4, 2026 09:16

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TCUD data shows Turkish steel exports reached 7.8 million tonnes ($5.3 billion) in H1, with June alone jumping 28.4% y/y to 1.7 million tonnes ($1.2bn), driven by exports to the Middle East (+80% yoy) and South America (+406% yoy in June, +81% for H1), while UK shipments surged 246% yoy to 407,000 tonnes; EU-bound exports fell 22% to 2.6 million tonnes. Steel production rose 8.1% yoy to 19.8 million tonnes, keeping Turkey the world's 7th-largest producer ahead of Germany, while the export-to-import ratio improved from 80% to 83% as imports stayed roughly flat at 9.3 million tonnes.

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