Turkey's August trade deficit widens 22.3% to $5.24 billion, stats office says

Turkey's foreign trade deficit widened 22.3% year-on-year to $5.24 billion in August, data from the Turkish Statistical Institute showed on Wednesday.Exports rose 8.1% from a year earlier to $23.46 billion, while imports increased 10.5% to $28.70 billion, the data showed.In the January-August perio…