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Turkish rebar exporters compensate MEA loss with Egypt - 09 Feb, 2010
Turkish exports of rebar in 2009 dipped by 15% YoY

Some of the highlights

1. New markets found
Egypt - Up by 3322%
Libya - Up by 1006%

2. Traditional markets lost
UAE - Down by 68%

Region, country20082009Change
Middle East and North Africa8039.966920.83-14%
Egypt 66.892288.683322%
UAE5331.381689.99-68%
Iraq 395.39764.1593%
Libya 54.94607.451006%
Far East 271.14459.0669%
Singapore 241.49309.5228%
Western Europe 397.09295.76-26%
Italy 54.4968.7726%
Portugal 70.4031.63-55%
Eastern Europe 432.3386.00-80%
Romania 326.0149.77-85%
Bulgaria 79.7830.55-62%
North America 426.85272.61-36%
USA 262.16160.70-39%
South America 138.99187.3035%
Africa 388.47401.613%
CIS173.20103.96-40%
Other5.766.4612%
Total10273.778733.84-15%

In '000 tonnes

(Sourced from www.metalexpert-group.com



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Price Index - MEA
  Aug-26 Aug-19
MLPPI 4670 4519 Up
MFPPI 6079 6028 Up
MEASPI 5097 4976 Up
Currency Rates
09 Sep, 2010
USD 1.0000
AUD 1.0855
BRL 1.7260
CAD 1.0384
CNY 6.7875
EUR 0.7866
GBP 0.6471
INR 46.5482
JPY 83.7340
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ZAR 7.2323
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