According to provisional data by the Turkish Statistical Institute and the ministry of trade, exports were worth $19.369 billion in January and imports were worth $33.606 billion.
In January, foreign trade deficit was $14.237 billion with a 38.4 per cent increase YoY. Manufacturing industry products comprised 93.6 per cent of total exports during the month.
The main partner country for exports during the month was Germany, with a value of $1.826 billion. It was followed by the United States ($1.186 billion), Russia ($1.43 billion), the United Kingdom ($954 million and Italy ($916 million). Exports to these five countries comprised 30.6 per cent of total exports in January.
The top country for Turkiye's imports was Russia ($5.1 billion). It was followed by Switzerland ($4.337 billion), China ($3.557 billion), Germany ($1.807 billion), the United States ($1.229 billion). Imports from these five countries comprised 47.4 per cent of total imports in January.
Fibre2Fashion News Desk (DS)