Turkey's capacity utilization falls to 29-month low

NAMPA / DPA
2025-08-25
Istanbul (dpa-AFX) - Turkey's manufacturing capacity utilization rate decreased in August to the lowest level in nearly two-and-a-half years, while factory confidence improved slightly, figures from the central bank showed on Monday. The capacity utilization rate dropped to 73.5% in August from 74.2% in the previous month. Further, a similar rate was last seen in March 2023. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the capacity utilization rate also decli......
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