Turkey’s exports to UK rise in the first half
Turkey increased its exports by $7.7 billion to $29.4 billion in the first half of the year. In this period, the largest contribution came from UK. According to Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM) figures, exports to UK soared by $781 million to $2.43 billion in the mentioned period. This growth promoted UK to second place in terms of Turkey's largest export markets. Last year, UK ranked in the third place after Germany and US. Turkey exported $1.64 billion to UK in the first half of 2003. Turkey's total exports were up by 36.5% in this period while the increase in exports to UK materialized as 47.5%. Turkey's exports to Germany recorded a $692 million of growth in Jan-Jun 2004 period. Exports to the Germany reached $4.18 billion, indicating a rise of 19.9% compared to $3.49 billion recorded in the same period of last year.