BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 5. The trade turnover between Turkmenistan and the EU countries from January through February 2023 amounted to over 118.36 million euros, the source at Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, told Trend.
According to the information, these figures in the reporting period are 27.3 percent less than in the first two months of last year (162.86 million euros).
Turkmen exports to the EU amounted to almost 36 million euros from January through February 2023, which is almost half the figure for the same months of 2022 (71.32 million euros).
Furthermore, Turkmenistan reduced imports from EU countries by 10.02 percent in the first two months of this year compared to January through February 2022 (91.54 million euros) to 82.36 million euros.
Meanwhile, the trade turnover between Turkmenistan and the EU countries in 2022 amounted to 1 billion euros, which is 25.9 percent less than in 2021 (1.35 billion euros).