BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 13
By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:
Export of defense industry products from Turkey to world markets dropped 20.8 percent from January through April 2020 compared to the same period of 2019, amounting to $643.2 million, Turkish Trade Ministry told Trend on May 13.
Turkey’s export of defense products to world markets amounted to 1.2 percent of the country’s total export from Jan. through Apr. 2020.
“Turkey’s export of defense products to world markets amounted to over $160.6 million in April 2020, which is 18.5 percent less compared to April 2019,” the ministry said.
In April of this year, Turkey’s export of defense products to world markets amounted to over 1.6 percent of the country’s total export.
During the last twelve months (from April 2019 through April 2020), Turkey exported defense products worth more than 2.5 billion.
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