Turkey's
automotive sector exports reported the first monthly decline in July since the beginning of the year.
July
automotive exports fell 6 percent from June exports to $1.5 billion. However, year-to-date exports rose 30 percent year on year to $7.69 billion.
Passenger car exports ranked first in January-July 2005 period with $2.64 billion.
For the January-July 2005 period, the Turkish
automotive sector exported a total of 165 countries and self-governing territories, as well as 13 free zones.
Germany was
Turkey's largest export market, absorbing $1.96 billion worth of
automotive exports. Next were
Italy,
France, the
UK,
Spain and
Romania.