By Gokhan Ergocun
ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye's 12-month rolling exports hit a historic high of $267 billion in June, Turkish Trade Minister Omer Bolat said Wednesday.
In June alone, the country's exports rose 8% to $20.54 billion, while imports jumped 15.3% to $28.7 billion, Trade Ministry data showed.
The country's foreign trade gap was at $8.17 billion in June, while the export-import coverage ratio in June was 71.5%.
Bolat told a press conference in Istanbul that the rise in exports – 8% – was the largest increase in the last year.
This January to June, exports rose 4.1% to $131.44 billion, while imports totaled $180.87 billion, up 7.2% year-on-year.
Türkiye ran a foreign trade deficit of $49.43 billion in the six-month period, while its export-import coverage ratio was at 72.7%.