"Half of Turkey’s export from Istanbul
EkoTürk News Agency / Istanbul
14 August 2006
Istanbul made 51.3 percent of Turkey’s export in the first half of 2006, according to figures of Turkish Exporters’ Assembly.
89.6 percent of Turkey’s export in the same period was made from 10 cities. Turkey exported products worth of 39.4 billion USD in the first half of 2006, and 35.3 billion USD of this amount was exported from 10 cities.
Istanbul exported 51.3 percent, Bursa 9.3 percent, Izmir 7.3 percent, while Kocaeli, Sakarya, Ankara and Manisa exported products worth of more than 1 billion USD in this period. "
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