Turkey's current account deficit drops

The deficit shrunk by $12.9 billion to $24.1 billion, in the first half of 2014 due the fall in foreign trade deficit and increased revenues from the service industry.

Turkey's current account deficit drops
Turkey's current account deficit decreased 35 percent to $24.1 billion from the period January to June, the country's central bank said Thursday.

The bank said the decrease was due mainly to a $11.26 billion decrease in the country´s foreign trade deficit, compared to the same period last year and almost $1 billion increase in its service sector.

“This decrease is mainly accounted for by a decline of $11.268 billion in the foreign trade deficit, which recorded $29.322 billion, as well as an increase of $883 million in the services surplus, reaching $9.296 billion in the first six months,” the Bank said in a statement.

Tatiana Lysenko, a director at Standard & Poor's, praised the recovery of Turkey’s current account deficit, largely attributed to strong export performance, but warned the recovery might not be as strong as it seems. “Part of the improvement comes from the significant reduction in non-monetary gold imports,” she said. “The underlying improvement is therefore less significant than headline numbers would suggest. In our view, Turkey’s large current account deficit remains a source of vulnerability.”
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