The Aegean Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals Exporters' Association signals that if it maintains its success in exports in the second half of 2025, it will break the export record of USD 2 billion 564 million in 2022.
Yalçın Ertan, Deputy Coordinating Chairman of the Aegean Exporters' Associations and President of the Aegean Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals Exporters' Association, stated that the iron and steel sub-sector dominated EDDMİB's exports with exports worth USD 950 million.
Aegean Region was more successful than Türkiye's average
Sharing that Türkiye-wide exports of iron and non-ferrous metals increased by 6.5% to USD 6 billion 450 million in the June period, Ertan stated, "Türkiye-wide steel exports increased by 4.6% to USD 8 billion 273 million. Our two sectors increased their exports by 5 % and brought USD 14.7 billion of foreign currency to Türkiye. The export performance of our Aegean Region was more successful in the ferrous and non-ferrous metals and steel sectors. We achieved high increases in products such as “Section, Wire Rod” and “Billet Iron” on both quantity and value basis. Copper products exceeded the total increase rate of our Association with a 13% increase in value," he stated.
Emphasizing that the high input and energy costs and the attempt to keep the exchange rate constant with high interest rates bring along a negative environment for exports, President Ertan continued as follows; "Our exporters, who have difficulty competing in foreign markets, unfortunately cannot meet the excessive increases in energy and input costs due to the increase in inflation. This situation negatively affects the competitiveness of our sector. The trade wars between the US and China cause uncertainty in global markets, and this uncertainty causes pressure especially in the manufacturing industries. Despite the uncertainties in the economy, our sector continues to be the driving force of our country's economy and foreign trade by increasing its exports. Our expectation is that the capacity utilization rate, which was 62% in the first four months of 2025, will increase to 70% by the end of the year. Thus, as a sector, we will take steps to compensate for the losses we have experienced in the past years."
Copper exports amounted to USD 184.8 million
When the export performance of the sub-sectors of the Aegean Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals Exporters' Association is analyzed, the exports of the copper sector increased by 13% from USD 163 million 888 thousand to USD 184 million 877 thousand.
While the metal sector exported USD 100 million with an increase of 2 %, aluminum exports increased from USD 66 million 284 thousand in January-June 2024 to USD 68 million 90 thousand in January-June 2025.
Morocco, Germany and Italy at the top of exports
While the Aegean Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals Exporters' Association exported to 170 countries in the January - June period of 2025, exports to Morocco increased by 300% from USD 35 million to USD 141 million. With this rapid increase, Morocco jumped 10 steps to the top. Germany ranked second with a demand of USD 125.8 million, while Italy ranked third with exports worth USD 83 million. Members of the Aegean Ferrous and Nonferrous Metals Exporters' Association exported USD 70.9 million worth of ferrous and non-ferrous metals to the United States and USD 57 million worth of ferrous and non-ferrous metals to the United Kingdom.
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