(ANSAmed) – ISTANBUL, NOVEMBER 12 – Turkish defense and aviation sector aims to reach 1.5 billion U.S. dollars of exports at the end of 2012. Speaking to Anatolia news agency, Defense and Aviation Industry Exporters’ Association head Latif Aral Alis said that they expected the industry to increase its exports by 60 or 70% at the end the year and it would hit record. According to the figures by Turkish Assembly of Exporters, defense and aviation exports were 661 million U.S.
dollars between January and October 2011 and exports from the sector rose by 51.87% to 1.3 billion USD in the same period of 2012. Alis said that they aimed to reach 1.5 billion U.S.
dollars of exports at the end of 2012. He said that the defense and aviation sector employed nearly 50,000 people. (ANSAmed).
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