BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug. 18
By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:
The export of cement from Turkey to Kazakhstan soared by 158 percent from January through July 2020 compared to the same period of 2019, amounting $7.3 million, Turkey’s Ministry of Trade told Trend .
As reported, in July 2020, Turkey’s export of cement to Kazakhstan rose by 26.18 percent compared to July 2019 and amounted to $681,000.
In the first seven months of 2020, Turkey’s cement export to the international markets rose by 0.9 percent compared to the same period of 2019 and exceeded $2.6 billion. Turkey’s cement export amounted to 2.3 percent of the country’s total export for the reporting period.
Turkey exported the cement to the foreign markets worth $351.6 million in July 2020, which is 11.5 percent more compared to the same month of 2019.
In July of this year, Turkey’s cement export made up 2.3 percent of the country’s total export.
From July 2019 through July 2020, Turkey’s export of cement abroad made up over $3.5 billion.
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