PARIS
According to figures by Turkey's Foreign Trade Undersectariat, there was no big difference in export and import figures between the two countries in the first three months of 2012 when compared to same period of the last year.
France's exports to Turkey were 474.1 million Euros in January 2012, 555.6 million Euros in February 2012, and 677 million Euros in March 2012. The figure had been nearly 484.8 million Euros in January 2011, 517.7 million Euros in February 2011 and 846.2 million Euros in March 2011.
Totally, France's exports to Turkey were 1.7 billion Euros in the first quarter of 2012. The figure had been 1.8 billion Euros in the same period of last year.
Turkey's exports to France was 478.1 million Euros in January 2012, 483.5 million Euros in February and 522.6 million Euros in March 2012. The figure had been 460.4 million Euros in January 2011, 501.2 million Euros in February 2011 and 588.6 million Euros in March 2011.
Turkey's exports to France totalled 1.48 billion Euros in the Q1 of 2012. The figure had been 1.5 billion Euros in the Q1 of 2011.
(Reporting by Rahmi Gunduz)