Turkey's automotive exports top $19.2B in January-August

By Aysu Bicer

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's automotive industry exports totaled $19.2 billion in the first eight months of this year, an exporters association announced on Monday.

The country's automotive exports rose by 30% (in terms of dollars) year-on-year in the first eight-month period, said the Uludag Automotive Industry Exporters' Association (OIB).

The auto sector ranked first in the country's overall exports, with 13.4%.

In the first eight months, automotive production increased by 14% compared to the same period of the previous year and reached 814,520 units, while automobile production increased by 6% to 511,766 units.

Together with the tractor production, the total production reached 850,811 units.