According to the General Trade System (GTS) records, export in September increased by 9.2 per cent to reach $ 22.6 billion, TIM chairman Mustafa Gultepe recently said in Trabzon.

Turkiye’s exports reached $188 billion in the January-September period this year and $252 billion in the last 12 months. The chemical substances and products sector topped in September, followed by the automotive sector. The ready-to-wear garment sector ranked third with exports worth $1.9 billion in the month, according to the Turkish Exporters’ Assembly.

TIM is the umbrella organisation of one lakh exporters with 27 sectors and 61 exporters’ associations.

Gultepe said that despite the negative climate in the global economy, Turkish exporters demonstrated a successful performance in September.

Forty five cities increased their exports in September, the top 5 being Istanbul, Kocaeli, Bursa, Izmir and Ankara.

Sakarya, Corum, Konya and Gaziantep too achieved significant export increases, a press release from TIM said.

The top three countries to which Turkiye exported the most were Germany, the United States and Iraq.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (DS)