ANKARA
Turkey's exports in August increased by 14.5 percent and reached 12.8 billion USD compared with August 2011.
Turkey's imports decreased by 4.8 percent and reached 18.7 billion USD during the same period, according to the statement released on Friday by Turkish Statistical Institute.
In August 2012 exports coverage imports was 68.7 percent while it was 57.1 percent in August 2011.
In August, foreign deficit decreased from 8.4 billion USD to 5.8 billion USD.
