ANKARA -- the volume of trade between iran and turkey in the january-april period fell by more than 14 percent compared to the figure for the same period last year and stood at dlrs 358,750,000.

Iran and turkey exchanged dlrs 417,347,000 worth of goods in the first four months of 2002, said a report by the turkish state statistics institute.

The report, a copy of which was made available to irna, said that in the first four months of the year, turkey's exports to iran stood at dlrs 86.658 million while its imports from iran during this period reached dlrs 272.092 million.

Turkey's exports to iran in the first four months of 2001 was dlrs 95.895 million and its imports from the country was dlrs 321.452 million.

Based on the report, in april this year, turkey's exports to iran was dlrs 20.179 million and its imports from the country was dlrs 70.12 million.

the volume of transactions between iran and turkey showed 13.48 percent increase in 2001 compared to the figures for 2000 and stood at dlrs 1.193 billion.

turkey's exports in the first four months of the year was dlrs 10.498 billion and its imports dlrs 13.828 billion, showing 5.9 and 0.1 percent increases respectively compared to the figures for the same period the year before.