Increase of Turkish Defense Industry exports of 11.5% in 2013 to reach $1.117 billion 0811136

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Increase of Turkish Defense Industry exports of 11.5% in 2013 to reach $1.117 billion.
Turkish defense and aviation companies’ exports increased by 11.5 percent in the first ten months of 2013, when compared to the same period in the previous year.
     
Turkish defense and aviation companies’ exports increased by 11.5 percent in the first ten months of 2013, when compared to the same period in the previous year.
Turkey organizes every two years the defense exhibition IDEF to promote the local industry at national and international level.
     

Exports of Turkish defense and aviation industry reached $1.117 billion in the first ten month of this year, Exporters Assembly’s figures showed.

The United States topped the list of buyers by purchasing $405 million worth of defense products from Turkey over the first ten month this year. Italy followed the US at $64 million, while Ukraine came third with $56 million in purchases.

Ankara, Turkey's capital, came first among other cities by exporting $466 million of defense and aviation goods.

Turkish defense and aviation companies' export sees 68 percent increase in October, which reached $130 million.