Turkey aims to hit $182B in exports in 2019

By Diyar Guldogan</p> <p>ANKARA (AA) – Turkey eyes $182B export target in 2019, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.</p> <p>Addressing the 4th Commercial Counsellors Conference, Erdogan said: &quot;We target an export figure of $182 billion in 2019 and $500 billion in 2023,&quot; </p> <p>Turkey has broken &quot;historic records&quot; for 17 years in almost every area, the president told the meeting at the presidential complex in the capital Ankara.</p> <p>Erdogan said his government aims to transform Turkey into an economy that records foreign trade surplus.</p> <p>&quot;We are determined to catch an economic growth above 5% again in 2021,&quot; he said.</p> <p>Turkey aims to reach economic growth of 2.3% this year, 3.5% in 2020, and 5% by 2021 under its new economic program announced last September.</p> <p>“In 2019, I believe that we will receive 50 million tourists in Turkey,” the president also said.

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