Turkish Industry & Trade Minister Nihat Ergun said that they aimed at increasing trade volume between Turkey and African countries up to 50 billion USD in the next few years.

Speaking at the Turkey-Morocco Trade & Investment Forum hosted by the Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists of Turkey (TUSKON) in Casablanca, Morocco, Ergun said, "Turkey has become one of the first 15 biggest economies of the world with a gross domestic product of 700 billion USD. Turkey's foreign trade volume exceeded 300 billion USD."

"Turkey's commercial relations with African countries are further improving. Our trade volume with African countries increased to 17 billion USD from 5 billion USD in the last few years. We target to increase it up to 50 billion USD in the coming years. Turkish and Moroccan businessmen should cooperate with each other to this end," he said.


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