Turkey\'s exports increased by 21% year-on-year reaching 13 billion USD in September, thanks to a striking rise in gold sales mainly to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which helped to ease the foreign trade deficit. Overall imports were down by 6.4% to 19.8 billion USD compared to September 2011, decreasing the deficit by 34.7% from 10.4 billion USD to 6.8 billion, according to official data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). \"In September 2012, the main partner country for exports was UAE with 1,394 million USD (1,144 million of gold for non-monetary export purposes),\" TUIK said as Hurriyet reports.