According to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), Turkey imported approximately 4.4 million tons of hot-rolled coil from January to November 2022, dropping by 15% from the same period a year ago.

While imports from China more than quadrupled to 700,000 tons, imports from Russia and Ukraine both fell sharply. Russia imported roughly 1.1 million tons, falling by 40% year on year. Ukraine imported about 230,000 tons, dropping by 79% year on year.