
Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır announced that exports in September increased by 15.4 percent compared to the same month last year, reaching 26 billion dollars.
Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır announced that exports increased by 15.4% in September, reaching 26 billion dollars, and annualized goods exports broke a record with 283.7 billion dollars.
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Minister Kacır shared September export data on social media.
In his statement on his social media account, Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır said, "Our industrialists continue their value-added production, and records continue in exports. In September, exports increased by 15.4 percent compared to the same month of the previous year, reaching 26 billion dollars. Our annualized goods exports broke a record with 283.7 billion dollars. Medium-high and high-technology product exports reached the highest level of all time with 117.6 billion dollars. The Turkish economy is determinedly on the path of investment, employment, production and exports." "It is progressing," he said.
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Minister of Commerce Ömer Bolat shared foreign trade data for September. Stating that exports increased by 15.4% on an annual basis and reached 26 billion dollars, Bolat announced that the foreign trade deficit decreased to 5.2 billion dollars and annual export targets were exceeded.
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According to the data of the Turkish Exporters Assembly, the automotive industry, which exported 3 billion 940 million dollars in September, maintained its first place, while the most exports were made to Germany.
According to the Ministry of Commerce data, exports increased by 15.4% in September, reaching 25.9 billion dollars, imports increased by 5.9% and the foreign trade deficit decreased by 24.8% to 5.2 billion dollars.