Ankara, Turkey, Nov. 16
By Atilla Caner – Trend:
Turkey is in talks with 23 countries in order to sign agreements on free trade, the Turkish Economy Ministry told Trend Nov. 16.
The ministry said Japan and Mexico are among the countries with prospective markets.
Turkey has agreements on free trade with 19 countries, added the ministry.
Foreign trade of the country reached $250.481 billion in January-September 2016, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK).
Meanwhile, the Turkish exports and imports were $104.227 billion and $146.254 billion, which are, respectively, by 2.7 and 6.5 percent less than in the same period of 2015.