ISTANBUL (Turkey), December 31 (SeeNews) – Turkey's total exports in November accounted for $13.13 billion (10.80 billion euro), representing a 7.5% decrease on November 2013, and imports were $21.44 billion, representing a 0.2% increase, the country's statistical institute said on Wednesday.
In the same month, the foreign trade deficit increased by 15.3% from $7.21 billion to $8.31 billion.
Seasonally and calendar adjusted exports decreased by 3.3% while imports increased by 10% compared to the previous month.
As compared with the same month of the previous year, exports to the European Union's 28 countries decreased by 8.3% from $6.26 billion to $5.74 billion.
In November 2014, the main partner country for exports was Germany with a $1.26 billion share in trade. Germany was followed by Iraq ($943 million), the United Kingdom ($848 million), and Italy ($639 million).
In November 2014, the top country for Turkey's imports was Russia ($2.050 billion), followed by China ($2.29 billion), Germany ($1.905 billion) and Switzerland ($1.169 billion).
($ = 0.823 euro)