According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute, in October this year Turkey's steel scrap imports rose 13.2% compared to September and were up 13.8% compared to the same month of 2011 amounting to 2 million tonnes.
Meanwhile, in the first 10 months of 2012 Turkey's scrap imports amounted to 18.9 million tonnes increasing by 8.36% compared to the same period of the previous year. Scrap imports from the US in the first 10 months of the year amounted to 5.36 million tonnes rising by 13% YoY.
Turkey's top 10 steel scrap import sources in October 2012 are as follows:
| Country | Oct'12 | Oct'11 |
| US | 595,498 | 468,628 |
| UK | 305,589 | 160,984 |
| Netherlands | 279,664 | 125,414 |
| Russia | 170,876 | 270,134 |
| Romania | 109,938 | 111,146 |
| Belgium | 88,757 | 160,348 |
| Denmark | 75,205 | 39,505 |
| Canada | 54,257 | 94,593 |
| Sweden | 47,728 | - |
| Bulgaria | 44,696 | 30,909 |
| TOTAL | 2,029,243 | 1,782,793 |