Exports: $31 billion (f.o.b., 1998)
Exports—commodities: textiles and apparel 30%, foodstuffs 15%,
iron and steel products 13% (1997)
Exports—partners: Germany 20%, US 9%, Russia 5%, UK 6%, Italy 6%
(1998)
Imports: $47 billion (f.o.b., 1998)
Imports—commodities: machinery and equipment 50%, fuels,
minerals, foodstuffs (1997)
Imports—partners: Germany 16%, Italy 9%, US 9%, Russia 6%, UK 6%,
France 2% (1997)
Debt—external: $93.4 billion (1998)
Economic aid—recipient: ODA, $195 million (1993)
Currency: Turkish lira (TL)
Exchange rates: Turkish liras (TL) per US$1—331,400 (January 1999), 260,724 (1998), 151,865 (1997), 81,405 (1996), 45,845.1 (1995), 29,608.7 (1994)