ANKARA- Turkey imported 44.47 tonnes of gold in January and 16.03 tonnes in February, data from Borsa Istanbul showed on Thursday.
Gold imports to Turkey hit a record high of 370 tonnes in 2017, more than trebling from 106.1 tonnes a year earlier. This was the highest level of gold imports since the data was made available in 1995.
(Reporting by Ece Toksabay Editing by Daren Butler) ((ece.toksabay@tr.com; +90 312 2927022; Reuters Messaging: ece.toksabay.reuters.com@reuters.net))
