According to the World Steel Data 2026 report, Türkiye was among the top 10 countries in the world in both steel exports and imports in 2025.
According to the 2025 data of the World Steel Association, Turkey ranked 6th with 17.5 million tons of exports and 5th with 19.8 million tons of imports, becoming an important actor in global steel trade.
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The World Steel Association publishes reports containing global steel production and trade data every year.
According to the "World Steel in Figures 2026" report published by the World Steel Association (worldsteel) and containing data for 2025, the world's largest steel exporter in 2025 was China.
After China came Japan with 29.8 million tons and South Korea with 27.9 million tons. Germany ranked fourth with 20.9 million tons, and the European Union (27 countries) ranked fifth with 20.5 million tons.
Turkey ranked sixth with 17.5 million tons of exports, followed by Russia with 15.2 million tons, Belgium with 14.7 million tons, Italy with 14.3 million tons and Iran with 13.5 million tons.
The top 20 also included Indonesia with 11.6 million tons, Vietnam with 11.1 million tons, Brazil with 11 million tons and India with 9.9 million tons.
The European Union came to the fore in steel imports. The EU became the world's largest steel importing region with 43.7 million tons in 2025.
The EU was followed by the USA with 23.9 million tons, Italy with 20.4 million tons and Germany with 20.2 million tons.
Turkey became the world's 5th largest steel importer with 19.8 million tons. After Türkiye, Thailand imported 15.5 million tons, Mexico 14.8 million tons and Vietnam 13.5 million tons.
Thus, Türkiye ranked among the top 10 countries in the world in both steel exports and imports in 2025.

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