Türkiye's total imports rose 10.5% in August from the same month last year to reach $28 billion 705 million 923 thousand.
The amount paid for mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation, bituminous substances and mineral waxes, calculated as energy imports, totaled $6 billion 464 million 353 thousand.

Energy imports rise 33.8%
The energy import bill stood at $4 billion 831 million 522 thousand in August last year. The figure therefore increased 33.8% year on year.

Crude oil imports, meanwhile, fell 1.1% over the same period to 2 million 844 thousand 434 tonnes.