By Muhammed Ali Gurtas
ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's foreign trade deficit in April fell 55.6% year-on-year, the country's statistical authority announced on Friday.
TurkStat said the foreign trade deficit in April totaled $2.98 billion, improving from a $6.71-billion deficit a year ago.
Last month, Turkey's exports hit $14.48 billion -- up 4.6% on a yearly basis -- and imports dropped to $17.46 billion with an annual decline of 15.1%.
"In April 2019, exports coverage imports was 82.9% while it was 67.4% in April 2018," TurkStat said.