ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, April 2. The total trade turnover between Türkiye and Turkmenistan from January through February of this year amounted to $261.61 million, Trend reports.
According to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), this figure marks a 16.5 percent decrease in the first two months of 2023, when the turnover stood at $313.43 million.
Turkmenistan's exports to Türkiye from January through February 2024 totaled almost $111.5 million, which is 35.1 percent lower than the corresponding period in 2023, where exports amounted to $171.97 million.
Conversely, Turkish exports to Turkmenistan increased slightly - by almost 6.1 percent, increasing from $141.46 million from January through February 2023 to $150.12 million in the same months of 2024.
Meanwhile, for the entirety of 2023, the trade turnover between Türkiye and Turkmenistan reached $2.66 billion, indicating a 29.1 percent growth compared to 2022, when it amounted to $2.06 billion.