Turkey's exports on rise in 2018 first quarter
- Türkiye
- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 12:00 | 30 April 2018
- Modified Date: 10:44 | 30 April 2018
Turkish exports in the first quarter of 2018 reached $41.2 billion, up 8.9 percent compared with the same period in 2017, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) on Monday.
Turkey's imports climbed 22.7 percent to nearly $62 billion, amounting to a foreign trade deficit of $20.7 billion over the same period, TurkStat data showed.
The data also showed the percentage of imports covered by exports from January to March at 66.5 percent.
OTHER TÜRKİYE NEWS