Turkey's exports reach 41 bln USD as of April 24: minister

The Turkish state minister for foreign trade said on Monday that Turkey's exports had reached 41 billion U.S. dollars in January 1-April 24 period of 2011.

Speaking at a meeting of Turkish trade counsellors in Ankara, Turkish State Minister Zafer Caglayan said, "With such a performance, our exports will exceed 132 billion USD as of the end of the year and it will be a new milestone for us".

Caglayan said that Turkey currently had 187 trade counsellors at 135 centers in 89 countries.

"We hope this figure would rise up to 205 until the end of 2011," he said.

The minister also noted that all leading business associations in Turkey and bureaucrats would work together to actualize the country's 500 billion USD export goal before the
year 2023.

Pointing to Turkey's significant economic improvement, Caglayan said the country did not have any problems regarding stability or confidence anymore.

He also said the direct investments Turkey had received in the last 7.5 years were nearly 6 times greater than the total amount of direct investments the country had drawn in the history of the Republic.


/World Bulletin/