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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
  Mar-11 Mar-10
MLPPI 4000 3948 Up
MFPPI 5607 5471 Up
MEASPI 4487 4409 Up
Currency Rates
20 Mar, 2010
USD 1.0000
AUD 1.0919
BRL 1.8005
CAD 1.0171
CNY 6.8275
EUR 0.7393
GBP 0.6661
INR 45.4300
JPY 90.5300
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ZAR 7.3000
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