根据土耳其钢铁生产商协会（TCUD）发布的一份声明，土耳其粗钢产量同比增长9.2％至340万吨。今年1月至3月期间，土耳其生产了980万吨粗钢，同比增长8.8％。
3月份，土耳其的钢铁进口增加了53.9％至150万吨，而这些进口的价值同比上涨了81.6％至12亿美元。今年的前三个月，该国的钢铁进口增加了15.7％至390万吨，而这些进口的价值同比增长42.5％至29亿美元。今年1月至3月期间，土耳其的钢铁出口导入比率下降至92.2％，从去年同期记录的102％。
Stating that the supply shortage in international markets has been continuing as well as the increases in steel production and consumption, Veysel Yayan, secretary general of the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers’ Association (TCUD), said “Despite the increase in steel production by Turkey in the first quarter of the year, the 37.9 percent decrease in HRC exports reveals that Turkish producers are focusing on the local market. Due to the uncertainty in the international markets, consumers’ restocking caused demand to increase even more. For this reason, it is considered that the problems in delivery are mainly due to last-minute demand, and the evaluations regarding prices are due to the fact that the developments in the global steel industry are not taken into account and that comparison is made on the basis of local price movements.”
今年4月，欧盟委员会宣布，当前报道的斯蒂巴斯州的HRC进口量为4.7-7.3％。Yayan先生表示，即使决定不扩展今年6月底将于6月到期的现行欧盟保障措施，很重要的是在尽快开始对从欧盟进口的持续的反估计调查为了保持土耳其钢铁行业的竞争力。