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Where does Turkey get its iron and steel scrap? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Turkey imported $8.4 billion of iron and steel scrap (20.9 million tonnes), 19.1% of the world total. Its main sources were the United States (23%), the Netherlands (13%) and the United Kingdom (11%). Turkey was the world’s largest importer of iron and steel scrap.

Summary

Value
$8.4billion
Tonnes
20.9million tonnes
Share of world total
19.1%
World rank
1st
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States1.9Tonnes: 4,532,936USD per tonne: $41822.5%Sea
Netherlands re-exports1.1Tonnes: 2,732,792USD per tonne: $40713.2%Sea
United Kingdom0.94Tonnes: 2,264,531USD per tonne: $41511.2%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.54Tonnes: 1,313,524USD per tonne: $4086.4%Sea
Lithuania0.46Tonnes: 1,119,004USD per tonne: $4085.4%Sea
Romania0.37Tonnes: 909,554USD per tonne: $4014.3%Sea
Denmark0.36Tonnes: 963,809USD per tonne: $3734.3%Sea
Germany0.27Tonnes: 652,522USD per tonne: $4073.2%Sea
Russia0.26Tonnes: 613,682USD per tonne: $4163%Sea
Italy0.23Tonnes: 485,357USD per tonne: $4812.8%Sea
Venezuela0.23Tonnes: 551,818USD per tonne: $4202.8%Sea
Canada0.22Tonnes: 541,711USD per tonne: $4092.6%Sea
Poland0.22Tonnes: 561,394USD per tonne: $3922.6%Sea
Sweden0.2Tonnes: 493,281USD per tonne: $4002.3%Sea
Finland0.16Tonnes: 392,324USD per tonne: $3991.9%Sea
France0.15Tonnes: 655,931USD per tonne: $2291.8%Sea
Bulgaria0.13Tonnes: 307,478USD per tonne: $4131.5%Sea
Estonia0.11Tonnes: 279,704USD per tonne: $3991.3%Sea
Latvia0.09Tonnes: 258,256USD per tonne: $3501.1%Sea
Libya0.09Tonnes: 222,318USD per tonne: $3951%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States has been its main source since 2005

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • United States 1.9
  • Netherlands 1.1
  • United Kingdom 0.94
  • Belgium 0.54
  • Lithuania 0.46

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.261.9
Netherlands0.241.1
United Kingdom0.10.94
Belgium0.110.54
Lithuania00.46

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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