Italy ranks second in Turkey's exports

ANKARA (A.A) - November 11, 2011 - Italy became the second country to which Turkey exported the most as of the end of October 2011. According to foreign trade figures, Turkey exported goods worth 6.9 billion USD to Italy in the first ten months of 2011. Turkey's exports to Italy reached 636.2 million USD in October 2011. In September 2011, Turkey's exports to Italy were 582 million USD and its imports were 896 million USD. In the first nine months of 2011, Turkey earned 6.084 billion USD from its exports to Italy but imported goods worth 10.1 billion USD. Turkey's foreign trade deficit with Italy in the first nine months was 4.1 billion USD. Below are the foreign trade figures between Turkey and Italy as of 1996 according to figures of the Turkish statistical authority, TurkStat:                     (million USD) Years      Export      Import    Balance   Volume 1996       1,446       4,286    -2,839     5,732 1997       1,387       4,463    -3,076     5,850 1998       1,557       4,222    -2,665     5,779 1999       1,683       3,192    -1,510     4,875 2000       1,789       4,333    -2,543     6,122 2001       2,342       3,484    -1,142     5,826 2002       2,376       4,097    -1,721     6,473 2003       3,193       5,472    -2,278     8,665 2004       4,648       6,866    -2,217    11,514 2005       5,617       7,566    -1,950    13,183 2006       6,752       8,653    -1,901    15,405 2007       7,479       9,967    -2,488    17,446 2008       7,814      11,011    -3,197    18,825 2009       3,204       4,024    -0,819     7,228 2010       6,508      10,202    -3,694    16,710 2010/4     2,236       2,956    -720       5,192 2011/4     2,898       4,326    -1428      7,224