BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 16
By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:
Turkey’s export of steel to Kyrgyzstan from January through May 2020 increased by 19 times compared to the same period in 2019, making up $5.2 million, the Turkish Ministry of Trade told Trend on June 16.
In May 2020, steel export from Turkey to Kyrgyzstan increased by 87 times compared to May 2019 and reached $3.5 million.
The export of steel from Turkey to the world markets decreased by 22.9 percent from January through May 2020 compared to the same period of last year and reached $4.8 billion.
The export of steel from Turkey amounted to 7.9 percent of the country's total export volume from January through May 2020.
Turkey exported steel worth $817.8 million to the world markets in May 2020, which is 39.7 percent less than in the same month of 2019.
The export of steel from Turkey in May 2020 amounted to 8.2 percent of the country's total export volume.
Over the past 12 months (from May 2019 through May 2020), Turkey exported steel worth $12.4 billion.
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