Türkiye runs $4.1B current account deficit in March

By Mucahithan Avcioglu

ISTANBUL (AA) – Türkiye’s current account posted a deficit of $4.08 billion in March 2025, the Central Bank said Tuesday.

The deficit was $4.12 billion in the same month last year, according to the bank’s data.

Goods recorded a deficit of $4.84 billion in March, while services registered a net surplus of $2.67 billion in the same period.

Meanwhile, the current account excluding gold and energy posted a net surplus of $1.47 billion in March.

In the first three months of 2025, the current account deficit reached $12.28 billion, with goods posting a deficit of $15.8 billion and services seeing a surplus of $8 billion.

The 12-month rolling current account deficit stood at $12.6 billion in March.

Over the same period, goods recorded a deficit of $58.1 billion, while services posted a surplus of $61.8 billion.