In September this year, Turkey’s cold rolled coil (CRC) imports amounted to 86,521 metric tons, up by 23.5 percent compared to August and by 14.7 percent year on year, according to the preliminary data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). Meanwhile, the value of these imports totaled $55.49 million, decreasing by 3.8 percent compared to the previous month and up by 22.5 percent year on year.

In the January-September period, Turkey‘s CRC imports amounted to 800,254 mt, up 38.7 percent, while the value of these imports increased by 15.9 percent to $519.28 million, both year on year.

Turkey’s cold rolled coil imports – last 12 months

In the first nine months of the year, Turkey’s largest CRC import source was South Korea, which supplied 248,841 mt, up 46.8 percent year on year. South Korea was followed by Russia with 229,312 mt, up 101.7 percent year on year, and China with 197,440 mt, up 46.9 percent compared to the same period of last year.

Turkey’s top 10 CRC import sources in the January-September period this year:

Country
Amount (mt)
 
 
 
 
 

 
January-September 2025
January-September 2024
Y-o-y change (%)
September 2025
September 2024
Y-o-y change (%)

S. Korea
 248,841
 169,495
46.8
 21,495
 21,731
-1.1

Russia
 229,312
 113,706
101.7
 33,653
 12,784
163.2

China
 197,440
 134,436
46.9
 17,089
 24,705
-30.8

Belgium
 37,422
 24,340
53.7
 2,796
 1,591
75.7

Spain
 24,555
 38,867
-36.8
 4,128
 2,680
54

France
 19,841
 23,398
-15.2
 2,779
 2,366
17.5

Netherlands
 12,308
 20,562
-40.1
 2,349
 1,363
72.4

Germany
 8,520
 4,230
101.4
 426
 142
200.9

Sweden
 7,982
 4,450
79.4
 841
 777
8.2

Italy
 4,164
 9,166
-54.6
 182
 0
>1000.0

Shares in Turkey’s cold rolled coil imports – January-September 2025