Ankara – Also in 2016 the European Union is Turkey’s largest trading partner, with trade reaching almost 43% of that total. Imports from the EU have decreased, however, by 2.4%, according to data provided by the Ice Agency from the country, going from 65.2 to 63.6 billion dollars, while exports rose to the Union of 7.1%, passing from 52.9 to 56.7 billion dollars. Overall, the Turkey / EU exchange increased by 1.9% and is now worth 118.2 billion, up from 120.4 billion dollars in 2015. First trading partner is Germany, followed by China, the United States and Italy, the fourth partner country with 14.6 billion total interchange, 1.2% compared to the year 2015, of which 8.4 billion of imports (-4.1%) and 6.2 billion in exports (9.3%). (9Colonne)
