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ISTANBUL, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Turkey's current account posted a deficit of $869 million in September, steeper than expected, but down 8.7 percent on the year due to a fall in imports. Once the country's economic weak spot and a major government headache, Turkey's current account deficit in the nine months to the end-September fell to $8.64 billion -- 76 percent down on the same period a year earlier. The shortfall is seen reaching about $11 billion by the end of the year, according to a Reuters poll. The median forecast for the September current account was for a $300 million deficit after a second consecutive surplus in August of some $127 million. "September was the worst month this year for tourism, and the worse-than-expected performance of the tourism sector, due to the Eid holiday, is the main reason for the large increase in the deficit ... We will probably have to revise our year-end figure," said Guldem Atabay, economist at Ekspres Invest. Tourism is a key source of foreign exchange to Turkey. Pelin Yenigun Dilek, chief economist at Garanti Bank, said rising oil prices would cause problems to energy-hungry Turkey's current account and that she may revise her year-end forecast. Turkey imports raw goods to export manufactured products and also imports most of its energy fuel. (Reporting by Alexandra Hudson and Ayla Jean Yackley; editing by Patrick Graham) Keywords: TURKEY ECONOMY/CURRENT (alexandra.hudson@reuters.com; +90 212 7012; Reuters Messaging: alexandra.hudson.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved.
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