Turkey was ranked as the fifth largest trade partner of the European Union in 2015, with both its exports and imports to and from the 28-nation bloc, showing a strong increase.
According to data released by the Eurostat, Turkey's imports from the EU stood at 79 billion euros ($88 billion) in 2015 with a six percent increase. Exports to the EU increased by 13 percent and reached 61.6 billion euros.
The U.S. maintained its leading trade partner status with the EU with 369.5 billion euros worth of imports and 246.2 billion euros worth of exports, with both increasing by 19 percent.
China was the second largest trade partner with 170.4 billion euros worth of imports and 350.3 billion euros worth of exports. While EU exports to China increased by four percent, Chinese exports showed a 16 percent surge.
Amid political tensions, the EU's exports to its fourth largest trade partner Russia decreased by 28 percent to 73.9 billion euros, while its imports from Russia also showed a dramatic 25 percent decrease to 135.9 billion euros.
Switzerland, the world's 20th largest economy by GDP, outperformed many of the world's largest economies and ranked the third largest trade partner of the EU. Swiss exports stood at 150.8 billion euros, while imports from the EU were 102.3 billion euros.
Norway, Japan, South Korea, India and Brazil were among the top trade partners of the EU, respectively.
Total exports of the EU increased by five percent and stood at 1.789 trillion euros, while imports were 1.724 trillion euros with a two percent increase.
Foreign trade surplus of the bloc increased fivefold to 64.2 billion euros.
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