BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 27. Türkiye’s import unit value index increased by 6.3% year-on-year in January, while import volumes declined.
Data obtained by Trend from the Turkish Statistical Institute
(TurkStat) shows that the index saw a jump of 7.3% for food,
beverages, and tobacco, a 2.1% increase for crude materials
(excluding fuels), and a notable rise of 9.3% for manufactured
goods (excluding food, beverages, and tobacco). In the meantime,
the index for fuels took a nosedive, dropping by 16.9%.
In January, the overall import volume index took a hit, dropping by
5.8% compared to the same time last year.
In terms of categories, import volumes took a hit, dropping by 4.5%
for food, beverages, and tobacco, 3.3% for fuels, and 3.5% for
manufactured goods (not counting food, beverages, and tobacco). On
the flip side, crude materials (excluding fuels) saw a rise of
2.9%.