Turkey aims to significantly reduce trade deficit in coming years

Turkish exports are seen at $170 billion in 2018 and will gradually increase to $204.4 billion in 2021, the text of a presentation by Finance Minister Berat Albayrak showed on Thursday.

It showed imports were seen at $236 billion in 2018 and rising to $244 billion in 2019. The foreign trade deficit is seen at $66 billion by end-2018 and at $62 billion in 2019.