The Turkish Statistics Authority announced, today, Saturday, that Iraq came fifth in the list of the largest importers from Turkey last June, noting that Turkish exports and imports decreased by 10.5% and 17.5%, respectively.
The Authority stated in a report: “Turkey’s exports for the month of June amounted to 20 billion and 904 million dollars, recording a decrease of 10.5 percent, compared to the same month of the year 2022,” indicating that “Turkey’s imports in September recorded 26 billion and 64 million dollars, a decrease of 17.5%, from The same period in 2022.
It pointed out that “Iraq came fifth in importing Turkey’s exports to the countries of the world last June, with a value of 986 million dollars, while Germany was the main partner country for exports with one billion and 784 million dollars, followed by the United States of America with one billion and 331 million dollars, and then the United Kingdom third, with one billion and 65 million dollars, and Italy is fourth, with one billion and 12 million dollars,” indicating that “the proportion of the first five countries in total exports amounted to 29.6% in May 2023.”
Iraq imports most of the commodities, goods and foodstuffs from neighboring countries, especially Turkey and Iran, and to a lesser extent from the Arab Gulf countries and Jordan.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency