The main importer of Turkish products in April of this year was Germany. Export from Turkey this European country amounted to 1 billion 590 million dollars.
This is evidenced by the Institute of Statistics of Turkey and the Ministry of Trade.
The following is followed by the United States – 1 billion 163 million dollars, Iraq – $ 970 million, Italy – $ 954 million and Great Britain – $ 945 million.
At the same time, Germany took a leading position in January-April of the current year.
So, the volume of Turkish exports during the reporting period in Germany amounted to 7 billion 115 million dollars. This is followed by the United States – 4 billion 751 million dollars, Italy – 4 billion 177 million dollars, Russia – 3 billion 943 million dollars and Great Britain with 3 billion 878 million dollars. The share of Turkish exports in the first five countries in the period under consideration amounted to 29.5 percent of the total sales.
Meanwhile, Russia heads the list of exporting countries to Turkey.
The volume of supplies from the Russian Federation to Turkey amounted to $ 4 billion. This is followed by China – 3 billion 691 million dollars, Germany – 2 billion 175 million dollars, Italy – 1 billion 153 million dollars and the USA – 1 billion 117 million dollars. The share of imports from the first five countries amounted to 43.9 percent of the total volume of Turkish imports.
Russia heads the list of exporting countries to Turkey and in January-April of this year. The volume of imports from this country in the reporting period amounted to $ 17 billion $ 253 million.
The following is followed by China – 14 billion 136 million dollars, Switzerland – 9 billion 482 million dollars, Germany – 8 billion 757 million dollars and the United States – $ 4 billion 821 million.
The share of imports from the first five countries amounted to 43.8 percent of the total import of Turkey.