BAKU, Azerbaijan, Apr. 16
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
Turkey’s export of leather goods to the US increased by 30 percent from January through March 2020, amounting to $10.2 million, Turkey’s Ministry of Trade told Trend on April 16.
“In March 2020, Turkey’s export of leather goods to the US grew by 3.8 percent compared to March 2019 and amounted to almost $3 million,” the ministry said.
From January through March 2020, export of leather goods from Turkey to world markets dropped by 5.4 percent compared to the same period of 2019, amounting to $415.2 million.
Turkey’s export of leather goods amounted to 1 percent of the country’s total export in 1Q12020.
In March 2020, Turkey exported leather goods worth $130.2 million to world markets, which is 26 percent less compared to the same month of 2019.
Turkey’s export of leather goods in the reporting month made up 1 percent of the country’s total export.
During the last twelve months (from January through March 2020), Turkey’s export of leather goods amounted to $1.6 billion.
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