ANKARA
Turkey’s imports totaled $17.4 billion in October, an 8% rise compared to the same month last year, said the country’s statistical authority on Friday.
The data showed exports were $15.6 billion with annual decrease of 0.1%.
“In October 2019 foreign trade deficit was 1.8 billion dollars with a 263.6% increase compared with October 2018,” the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) said.
It added in October 2019, exports coverage of imports was 89.6% while it was 96.9% in the same month last year.
Germany, main partner for exports
In October, the main partner country for exports was Germany with $1.3 billion, followed