Turkey’s energy imports declined by 40.6 percent in the first three months of 2016 compared to the same period of 2015, Turkey's statistical authority said on Saturday.
Turkey paid $10.9 billion for energy imports in the first quarter of 2015.
The country's energy imports stood at $6.4 billion between January-March 2016, a decrease of around $4.5 billion compared to the same period of 2015, when energy imports stood at $10.9 billion, according to data from the Turkish Statistical Institute.
Turkey paid a total amount of $46.7 billion for all imports in the first quarter of 2016, and paid $463.4 billion in total for imports over the last 11 years.
By Murat Temizer
Anadolu Agency
murat.temizer@aa.com.tr