Turkey makes record export to some African countries in November

ANKARA (A.A) - December 1, 2011 - Turkey made record export to some African countries in November 2011, Turkish Exporters' Assembly (TIM) said on Thursday. TIM made public export figures in November 2011, and said that Turkey's exports to Ethiopia were up 311 percent. "Turkey's exports to South Africa rose by 229 percent, to Angola 206 percent, to Nigeria 199 percent, to Ghana 172 percent and to Kenya 142 percent," TIM said. Turkey's exports to Iraq, Russia, the United States, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Belgium and Azerbaijan rose the most in this month. Turkey's exports to Iraq were up 46 percent, and Turkey's exports to Russia rose by 26 percent in this month. The rise in exports to the United States was 24 percent, and exports to United Arab Emirates were up 16 percent. Exports to Egypt were up 35 percent, to China 25 percent and to Saudi Arabia 83 percent.  Moreover, Turkey's exports to European Union (EU) were on the rise. Exports to Germany were up 9 percent and exports to Italy, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Ukraine, Poland and Greece rose by 19, 12, 16, 28, 31, 18 and 8 percent respectively.