According to data from Turkey’s authority, in April, Russia’s semi-finished product exports to Turkey amounted to about 450,000 tons, hiking by 30% year on year and soaring by 50% month on month. Among them, billet accounted for the most proportion of Russian semi-finished exports to Turkey.

In the first four months of this year, Turkey imported Russian semi-finished products with 1.12 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 7%. Meanwhile, Ukrainian semi-finished products exports to Turkey totaled 18,000 tons, plunging by 86% from the same period of last year.