shipments made From the southeastern provinces of Türkiye that were rocked by devastating earthquakes two months ago back in March, according to official Numbers.
Two earthquakes on Feb 6 which also severely hit neighboring Syria with Aftershocks, killed more from 50,000 people in Türkiye flattened hundreds of thousands of buildings, in addition to severe damage to the infrastructure.
Exports from 11 provinces severely affected by the disaster amounted to nearly $1.6 billion (30,803 billion TL) in He walks, rising 63.3%, compared to about $980 million in February, according to data compiled by the Turkish Exporters Association (TIM).
The earthquakes stopped for months of records in Türkiye’s exports, with outbound shipments down 6.4% year-over-year to $18.6 billion in February.
They managed to jump back from the short fallout and rose 4.4% annually to $23.6 billion last month, TIM data showed on Tuesday, marking highest No. March ever.
Trade Minister Mohamed Moush said on Monday that share of Southeast provinces in Türkiye’s exports reached 8.6% in 2022. He stressed that the negative impact of disaster on Sales continued, but their intensity subsided.
The data showed that nine out of Eleven provinces witnessed a recovery in their exports in He walks.
Sales from Hatay increased nearly 115% in a month.over- per month to nearly $300 million, while exports from Malatya and Gaziantep jumped by 103.2% and 76.5% to $35 million and $914.1 million, respectively.
A fire after the earthquakes destroyed an important port in Iskenderun neighborhood in Hatay.
The port was known to be among the most extensive of Turkish ports over A container catch fire before controlling the fire.
Elazığ saw its overseas sales increase by 74.4% to $23.7 million, up From $13.6 million in February, while exports from Sanliurfa up Roughly 53% to $20.1 million from about $13.1 million.
data showed shipment From Kahramanmaras, the epicenter of February earthquakes, jumped nearly 42% in the month-overA month to 73.1 million dollars. It had fallen to about $51.6 million the previous month.
Among others, sales from Kilis, Adana and Adıyaman increased by 37.7%, 20% and 13.9%, respectively. in He walks.
Diyarbakir and Osmaniye were the only two provinces that witnessed a dropwith their outbound shipments declining 28.2% and 14.1% month-on-month.over- 18.74 million dollars and 11.79 million dollars, respectively.
The 11 provinces are known as vital agricultural regions. The disaster affected 15.73 million people And more from 20% of Food production in the country, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
the region, known as the Turkish “fertile crescent”. for approximately 15% of Agricultural GDP and contributes about 20% of The country’s agricultural food exports.
Meanwhile, the 11 provinces recorded a rate of 20.4%. decrease in TIM data showed exports annually.
Nine counties experienced a fall in Ottoman-led shipments with a drop of 63.3% year-over-year, followed by Elazig with 55.7% and Kahramanmaraş with 51.3%.
Sales were from Gaziantep down 10.4%, while exports from Adana, Hatay, Malatya, Diyarbakir and Sanliurfa decreased by 12.5%, 35.4%, 23.7%, 19.2% and 7.1%, respectively.
Adiyaman and Kilis stood as the only provinces that managed to ascend up their shipments despite the disaster, with their sales up 39.3% and 25.7% from a year In the past, according to TIM data.
