| NEWS HEADLINES |
| Turkey's Crude Steel Capacity Utilisation was 70.3 in July 2010 In July 2010, while capacity utilisation of the world steel industry in crude steel production was 75.1 %, down from 80.4 % in June, Turkey's capacity utilisation was 70.3 % down from 77.7 %. |
| Turkey's Crude Steel Production Rose by 1.3 % yoy in July 2010 Turkey's crude steel production rose by 1.3 % yoy in July 2010 to 2.37mmt, while Jan-Jul 2010 output rose 11.1 % from 14.28mmt to 15.87mmt. |
| Turkey's Steel Export to North Africa Down Sharply in H1 2010 During the first half of 2010, Turkey's total steel export to the North Africa dropped sharply by 50.7 % (1.61mmt) from 3.17mmt to 1.56mmt. |
| Turkey's Total Steel Import Rose by 21.9 % in the First Half 2010 Turkey's total steel export increased by 21.9 % in the January-June 2010 from 4.84mmt to 5.9mmt yoy. Except for the decline in semis, import of all other steel product groups showed sharp increases. |
| Turkey's Total Steel Export Down by 12 % to 7.81mmt in the first half of 2010. Turkey's total steel export in 2010 declined by 12 % from 8.88mmt to 7.81mmt yoy. Export increased in June by 7.5 % yoy and 11.7 % mom. |
| Turkey's Apparent Crude Steel Consumption Rose 18.6 % in June yoy and 48.3 % in Jan-June 2010 Turkey's apparent crude steel consumption increased by 18.6 % in June yoy from 1.67mmt to 1.98mmt and 48.3 % in the first half of 2010 from 8.28mmt to 12.27 mmt. |
| Turkey's Crude Steel Production Index is 116.3 Points in the First Half STEEL-DATA Crude Steel Production Index shows that Turkey's production index was the 4th in major steel producing countries with 116.3 points in June 2010. |
| In The First Half, Capacity Utilisation of Turkey is 70.1 %; While It is 80.3 % in the World During the first half of 2010 capacity utilisation in Turkey's crude steel production was10.2 points lower than the world capacity utilisation. |
| Turkey's Flat Steel Production Up 58.3 % in the First Half Turkey's slab production rose by 58.3 % during the first half of 2010 from 1.96mmt to 3.1mmt, while billet production just up by 4.1 % to 10.4mmt in Jan-Jun 2010. |
| World Crude Steel Production Up 27.9 % in the First Half World crude steel production up by 27.9 % in H1 2010, while world production excluding China rose 34.3 %. |
