ANKARA
Turkish Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan stressed Turkish exports scored $152.5 billion in 2012.
Caglayan assessed the foreign trade figures of 2012 which was released on Thursday by Turkish Statistics Authority, TurkStat.
Caglayan noted, among the countries who announced their annual figures so far, Turkey has the second largest growth in exports in 2012.
Turkish economy minister mentioned Turkey broke its exports record with 97 countries including the US, China, Canada and Brazil.
Referring to TurkStat's foreign trade statistics of December 2012, Caglayan said the year of 2012 was the year of success for Turkey as the country achieved successful results in the foreign trade area.
Caglayan reminded, Turkey's exports increased by 13.1 percent year-on-year in 2012 and reached $152.5 billion.
He stressed, "We are not focused on a single market anymore. Now, we have a broad vision which accept the whole of the world as a market. We broke exports record with 97 countries in 2012. So our export figures with China, US, Iraq, Canada and Brazil rose its highest. We will get much better results in the near future."
Germany the largest importer of Turkish goods
Furthermore, according to TurkStat's detailed information on Turkey's exports and foreign trade deficit, Germany took the top of the list with receiving most of the Turkish exports in 2012.
Exports to Iraq rose 30.3 percent in 2012 which took Iraq to the second place with receiving most of the Turkish exports after Germany.
After Germany and Iraq, Turkey's main partner countries for exports were Iran with $9.9 billion, United Arab Emirates with $8.1 billion, United Kingdom with $8.7 billion, Russia with $6.6 billion and Italy with $6.3 billion.
For 2012, the top country for Turkey's imports was Russia with $26.6 billion. In 2012 Turkish imports range, with $21.4 billion Germany followed Russia and with $21.2 billion with China.
Exports to African, American and Asian countries rose while exports to European countries decreased.
