BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb.27
By Rufiz Hafizoghlu – Trend:
Iran increased import of textile raw materials from Turkey in January 2020, Trend reported referring to the Turkish Ministry of Trade on February 27.
Over the reporting period, Iran has imported textile raw materials in the amount exceeding $28.6 million from Turkey, an increase by 16.2 percent compared to January 2019, the ministry said.
In January 2020, Turkey’s export of textile raw materials to world markets amounted to $673.7 million, which is 0.28 percent less compared to same month of 2019.
Turkey's export amounted to $171.5 billion in 2019, having increased by 2.1 percent compared to 2018. In the meantime, Turkey's import dropped by 9.1 percent and amounted to $202.7 billion.
Turkey’s foreign trade turnover in 2019 exceeded $374.2 billion.
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