Türkiye's current account deficit hits nearly 9.85 bln USD in Jan.

ANKARA, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye's central bank said Monday the country's current account deficit reached nearly 9.85 billion U.S. dollars in January, following a rapid increase in gold imports and soaring energy import bills.

The central bank's statistics showed that excluding gold and energy, the current account has a net surplus of 2.6 billion dollars in January.

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