In the first five months of this year, the mining industry realized an export of $2.76 billion with an increase of 19% compared to the same period of the previous year. China was the largest exporter.
The mining industry, which closed last year with $6 billion of exports, achieved an export of $2.76 billion with an increase of 19% in the January-May period this year.
In the first five months, metallic ores took the first place with an increase of 19.25%.
Natural stones took the second place with an increase of 3.38%, and industrial minerals took the third place with an increase of 28.59%.
Processed natural stone exports increased by 22.19%
While there was a decrease of 24.08% in block natural stone exports, there was an increase of 22.19% in processed natural stone exports.
The country to which the mining industry exports the most in the January-May period was China with $615 million.
The United States followed China with $268 million in exports, while Bulgaria ranked third with $197 million in exports.
Source: Trthaber / Translated by Irem Yildiz