ANKARA
Reporting by Merve Ozlem Cakir
Trade volume made by free zones in Turkey was posted as 23.053 billion USD in 2012.
Economy Ministry figures showed that the trade volume increased 1.8 percent in 2012 when compared to 2011 which had been 22.6 billion USD.
Aegean free zone had the highest trade volume with 5.2 billion USD in 2012. Its trade volume in 2011 had been 5.7 billion USD.
Aegean free zone was followed by Mersin free zone with 3.8 billion USD.
Distribution of trade volume in sectors in free zones is; 22 billion USD in industrial sector, 906.4 million USD in agricultural sector and 54.2 million USD in mining sector.
