{"id":"turkey-foreign-trade-august-2026","canonicalSlug":"turkey-foreign-trade-august-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/turkey-foreign-trade-august-2026","language":"en","title":"Turkey’s August goods exports rise 8.1% year over year","summary":"Imports grew faster at 10.5%, leaving an August trade gap of about $5.24 billion.","body":["Preliminary general-trade-system data compiled jointly by TÜİK and the Ministry of Trade show that Türkiye exported $23.467 billion of goods in August, up 8.1% from a year earlier. Imports increased 10.5% to $28.706 billion, producing a monthly deficit of $5.239 billion.","For January through August, exports totaled $184.996 billion, 4.0% above the same period of 2025, while imports reached $250.790 billion, up 5.3%. Excluding energy products and gold, August exports rose 2.7% and imports 9.6%. The release reports provisional customs data under the general trade system."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Turkey’s August goods exports rise 8.1% year over year\n\nImports grew faster at 10.5%, leaving an August trade gap of about $5.24 billion.\n\nPreliminary general-trade-system data compiled jointly by TÜİK and the Ministry of Trade show that Türkiye exported $23.467 billion of goods in August, up 8.1% from a year earlier. Imports increased 10.5% to $28.706 billion, producing a monthly deficit of $5.239 billion.\n\nFor January through August, exports totaled $184.996 billion, 4.0% above the same period of 2025, while imports reached $250.790 billion, up 5.3%. Excluding energy products and gold, August exports rose 2.7% and imports 9.6%. The release reports provisional customs data under the general trade system.","category":"economy","region":"turkiye","topics":[],"eventDate":"2026-08","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T00:01:40Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-06T00:01:40Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":null,"sourcePublishedAt":"2026-09-30","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"name":"Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK)","url":"https://veriportali.tuik.gov.tr/Bulten/Index?dil=1&p=D%C4%B1%C5%9F-Ticaret-%C4%B0statistikleri-A%C4%9Fustos-2026-58239","publishedAt":"2026-09-30","checkedAt":"2026-10-05"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/turkey-foreign-trade-august-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/turkey-foreign-trade-august-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/turkey-foreign-trade-august-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/turkey-foreign-trade-august-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/turkey-foreign-trade-august-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/turkey-foreign-trade-august-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/turkey-foreign-trade-august-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[]}