The aluminium sector in Turkey is still growing. The driving force for this is rapid expansion of production by important customer branches such as the automobile industry. Producers have to cope with a shortage of raw materials in their country and with the high cost of energy and qualified personnel. However, thanks to modernization and extension of their plants, they remain competitive and have been able in recent years to maintain two-digit export growth rates. These are the summary conclusions of a branch report by the German Federal Agency for External Economies.
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