Die Announces Foreign Trade Indices For March Of 2004

ANKARA - The State Institute of Statistics (DIE) released on Monday the foreign trade indices for March of 2004.
By the average of 12-month periods, export quantity index increased 19.3 percent, import quantity index rose 35.2 percent, export price index increased 11.0 percent and import price index rose 6.2 percent.
According to the statistics released by DIE, foreign trade indices are as follows:

Foreign Trade Indices
Change Rates (percent) Quantity Price
Compared With Export Import Export Import
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March
the previous month 40.9 38.8 -0.4 -0.7
the same month of the previous year 13.6 42.3 13.0 5.9
the average of 3-month periods 10.3 35.8 14.4 6.4
the average of 12-month periods 19.3 35.2 11.0 6.2

(MS-AÖ) 31.05.2004