ISTANBUL
The total exports of Turkey has increased 222.9 percent to 152.6 billion USD between the years 2003 and 2012.
Turkey's exports have shifted from Europe to the Near and Middle East and African regions due to the global crisis, indicated the statistics released by Turkish Statistics Authority, Turkstat.
The total exports to EU countries have decreased from 58 percent to 38 percent and exports to Near and Middle East countries have increased to 27.8 percent between the years 2003 and 2012.
Although EU countries' share in exports seems to have declined, they still make up Turkey's biggest market with a 116.3 percent increase since 2003 to 59.2 billion USD in 2012.
While the number of countries in which Turkey exported above 1 billion dollar was 9 in 2003, the number increased to 34 in 2012.
51.15 percent of the total exports worth 152.6 billion USD was done by sea, while the remaining 33.09 percent was done overland and 14.28 percent by air route.
