According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute, in October this year Turkey's chrome ore exports amounted to 98,315 tonnes falling 17% compared to September this year and down 40% compared to the same month of 2011. Meanwhile in October the revenue generated by Turkey's chrome ore exports totaled USD 20 million decreasing 12% compared to September this year and down 42.7% on YoY basis.
Meanwhile, in the first 10 months of 2012 Turkey's chrome ore exports decreased by 6.15% to 1.7 million tonnes while the revenue for these exports stood at USD 336 million down by 14.85% both compared to the same period of 2011.
In the first 10 months of this year, Turkey's chrome ore exports to China amounted to 1.5 million tonnes constituting 87% of Turkey's total chrome exports down 1.7% compared to the same period of the previous year.
On the other hand, Turkey's manganese ore exports in October this year amounted to 19,412 tonnes double both compared to the previous month and YoY while the country's manganese ore exports in the first 10 months of this year totaled 94,100 tonnes rising 19.1% compared to the January to October period of the previous year.