Turkey’s Foreign Trade Figures Top 20 Export Countries

Turkey’s Foreign Trade 2018 figures with exports of 167.9 billion dollars and imports 223 billion dollars and export-import ratio of 75.3% and foreign trade deficit is $ 55 billion. ^[1] Turkey, the highest 32 imports by exports in 2017 is the highest rake 24. The most important export product of Turkey’s automotive, garments and textiles, white goods, agricultural and food products, natural gas and oil is the most important import products are automotive and electronics.

 figures by years

Values ​​are in thousand US $.

Years	Export		Imports		Foreign tradebalance	Foreign tradevolume	Import of exportscoverage rate
	Value	Change	Value	Change	Value	Value	Change
1923	50.790		86.872		-36.082	137.662	58,5
1924	82.435	62,3	100.462	15,6	-18.027	182.897	82,1
1925	102.700	24,6	128.953	28,4	-26.253	231.653	79,6
1926	96.437	-6,1	121.411	-5,8	-24.974	217.848	79,4
1927	80.749	-16,3	107.752	-11,3	-27.003	188.501	74,9
1928	88.278	9,3	113.710	5,5	-25.432	201.988	77,6
1929	74.827	-15,2	123.558	8,7	-48.731	198.385	60,6
1930	71.380	-4,6	69.540	-43,7	1.840	140.920	102,6
1931	60.226	-15,6	59.935	-13,8	291	120.161	100,5
1932	47.972	-20,3	40.718	-32,1	7.254	88.690	117,8
1933	58.065	21,0	45.091	10,7	12.974	103.156	128,8
1934	73.007	25,7	68.761	52,5	4.246	141.768	106,2
1935	76.232	4,4	70.635	2,7	5.597	146.867	107,9
1936	93.670	22,9	73.619	4,2	20.051	167.289	127,2
1937	109.225	16,6	90.540	23,0	18.685	199.765	120,6
1938	115.019	5,3	118.899	31,3	-3.880	233.918	96,7
1939	99.647	-13,4	92.498	-22,2	7.149	192.145	107,7
1940	80.904	-18,8	50.035	-45,9	30.869	130.939	161,7
1941	91.056	12,5	55.349	10,6	35.707	146.405	164,5
1942	126.115	38,5	112.879	103,9	13.236	238.994	111,7
1943	196.734	56,0	155.340	37,6	41.394	352.074	126,6
1944	177.952	-9,5	126.230	-18,7	51.722	304.182	141,0
1945	168.264	-5,4	96.969	-23,2	71.295	265.233	173,5
1946	214.580	27,5	118.889	22,6	95.691	333.469	180,5
1947	223.301	4,1	244.644	105,8	-21.343	467.945	91,3
1948	196.799	-11,9	275.053	12,4	-78.254	471.852	71,5
1949	247.825	25,9	290.220	5,5	-42.395	538.045	85,4
1950	263.424	6,3	285.664	-1,6	-22.240	549.088	92,2
1951	314.082	19,2	402.086	40,8	-88.004	716.168	78,1
1952	362.914	15,5	555.920	38,3	-193.006	918.834	65,3
1953	396.061	9,1	532.533	-4,2	-136.472	928.594	74,4
1954	334.924	-15,4	478.359	-10,2	-143.435	813.283	70,0
1955	313.346	-6,4	497.637	4,0	-184.291	810.983	63,0
1956	304.990	-2,7	407.340	-18,1	-102.350	712.330	74,9
1957	345.217	13,2	397.125	-2,5	-51.908	742.342	86,9
1958	247.271	-28,4	315.098	-20,7	-67.827	562.369	78,5
1959	353.799	43,1	469.982	49,2	-116.183	823.781	75,3
1960	320.731	-9,3	468.186	-0,4	-147.455	788.917	68,5
1961	346.740	8,1	507.205	8,3	-160.465	853.945	68,4
1962	381.197	9,9	619.447	22,1	-238.250	1.000.644	61,5
1963	368.087	-3,4	687.616	11,0	-319.529	1.055.703	53,5
1964	410.771	11,6	537.229	-21,9	-126.458	948.000	76,5
1965	463.738	12,9	571.953	6,5	-108.215	1.035.691	81,1
1966	490.508	5,8	718.269	25,6	-227.761	1.208.777	68,3
1967	522.334	6,5	684.669	-4,7	-162.335	1.207.003	76,3
1968	496.419	-5,0	763.659	11,5	-267.240	1.260.078	65,0
1969	536.834	8,1	801.236	4,9	-264.403	1.338.070	67,0
1970	588.476	9,6	947.604	18,3	-359.128	1.536.081	62,1
1971	676.602	15,0	1.170.840	23,6	-494.239	1.847.442	57,8
1972	884.969	30,8	1.562.550	33,5	-677.581	2.447.519	56,6
1973	1.317.083	48,8	2.086.216	33,5	-769.133	3.403.299	63,1
1974	1.532.182	16,3	3.777.501	81,1	-2.245.319	5.309.683	40,6
1975	1.401.075	-8,6	4.738.558	25,4	-3.337.483	6.139.633	29,6
1976	1.960.214	39,9	5.128.647	8,2	-3.168.433	7.088.862	38,2
1977	1.753.026	-10,6	5.796.278	13,0	-4.043.252	7.549.304	30,2
1978	2.288.163	30,5	4.599.025	-20,7	-2.310.862	6.887.187	49,8
1979	2.261.195	-1,2	5.069.432	10,2	-2.808.236	7.330.627	44,6
1980	2.910.122	28,7	7.909.364	56,0	-4.999.242	10.819.486	36,8
1981	4.702.934	61,6	8.933.374	12,9	-4.230.439	13.636.308	52,6
1982	5.745.973	22,2	8.842.665	-1,0	-3.096.692	14.588.639	65,0
1983	5.727.834	-0,3	9.235.002	4,4	-3.507.168	14.962.836	62,0
1984	7.133.604	24,5	10.757.032	16,5	-3.623.429	17.890.636	66,3
1985	7.958.010	11,6	11.343.376	5,5	-3.385.367	19.301.386	70,2
1986	7.456.726	-6,3	11.104.771	-2,1	-3.648.046	18.561.497	67,1
1987	10.190.049	36,7	14.157.807	27,5	-3.967.757	24.347.856	72,0
1988	11.662.024	14,4	14.335.398	1,3	-2.673.374	25.997.422	81,4
1989	11.624.692	-0,3	15.792.143	10,2	-4.167.451	27.416.835	73,6
1990	12.959.288	11,5	22.302.126	41,2	-9.342.838	35.261.413	58,1
1991	13.593.462	4,9	21.047.014	-5,6	-7.453.552	34.640.476	64,6
1992	14.714.629	8,2	22.871.055	8,7	-8.156.426	37.585.684	64,3
1993	15.345.067	4,3	29.428.370	28,7	-14.083.303	44.773.436	52,1
1994	18.105.872	18,0	23.270.019	-20,9	-5.164.147	41.375.891	77,8
1995	21.637.041	19,5	35.709.011	53,5	-14.071.970	57.346.052	60,6
1996	23.224.465	7,3	43.626.642	22,2	-20.402.178	66.851.107	53,2
1997	26.261.072	13,1	48.558.721	11,3	-22.297.649	74.819.792	54,1
1998	26.973.952	2,7	45.921.392	-5,4	-18.947.440	72.895.344	58,7
1999	26.587.225	-1,4	40.671.272	-11,4	-14.084.047	67.258.497	65,4
2000	27.774.906	4,5	54.502.821	34,0	-26.727.914	82.277.727	51,0
2001	31.334.216	12,8	41.399.083	-24,0	-10.064.867	72.733.299	75,7
2002	36.059.089	15,1	51.553.797	24,5	-15.494.708	87.612.886	69,9
2003	47.252.836	31,0	69.339.692	34,5	-22.086.856	116.592.528	68,1
2004	63.167.153	33,7	97.539.766	40,7	-34.372.613	160.706.919	64,8
2005	73.476.408	16,3	116.774.151	19,7	-43.297.743	190.250.559	62,9
2006	85.534.676	16,4	139.576.174	19,5	-54.041.499	225.110.850	61,3
2007	107.271.750	25,4	170.062.715	21,8	-62.790.965	277.334.464	63,1
2008	132.027.196	23,1	201.963.574	18,8	-69.936.378	333.990.770	65,4
2009	102.142.613	-22,6	140.928.421	-30,2	-38.785.809	243.071.034	72,5
2010	113.883.219	11,5	185.544.332	31,7	-71.661.113	299.427.551	61,4
2011	134.906.869	18,5	240.841.676	29,8	-105.934.807	375.748.545	56,0
2012	152.461.737	13,0	236.545.141	-1,8	-84.083.404	389.006.877	64,5
2013	151.802.637	-0,4	251.661.250	6,4	-99.858.613	403.463.887	60,3
2014	157.610.158	3,8	242.177.117	-3,8	-84.566.959	399.787.275	65,1
2015	143.838.871	-8,7	207.234.359	-14,4	-63.395.487	351.073.230	69,4
2016	142.529.584	-0,9	198.618.235	-4,2	-56.088.651	341.147.819	71,8
2017	156.992.940	10,1	233.799.651	17,7	-76.806.711	390.792.592	67,1
2018 *	167.923.862	7,0	223.046.879	-4,6	-55.123.017	390.970.741	75,3

* 2018 figures are provisional.

Exports

Turkey’s 2018 export figure of 167.9 billion dollars. Turkey, exporting 32 countries. ^[2] The most important export products to Turkey, automotive, garments and textiles, white goods, agricultural and food products. The countries with the largest share in Turkey’s exports, respectively; Germany with 9.6%, United Kingdom with 6.6%, Italy with 5.7%, Iraq with 5.0% and the USA with 4.9%.

Annual exports by country

Top 20 exporting countries ^[4]

Turkey’s Foreign Trade Values ​​are in thousand US $.

Desk	Country	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009
1	Germany	16.137.388	15.118.910	13.998.653	13.417.033	15.147.423	13.702.577	13.124.375	13.950.825	11.479.066	9.793.006
2	United Kingdom	11.107.336	9.603.189	11.685.790	10.556.393	9.903.172	8.785.124	8.693.599	8.151.430	7.235.861	5.937.997
3	Italy	9.560.405	8.473.471	7.580.837	6.887.399	7.141.071	6.718.355	6.373.080	7.851.480	6.505.277	5.888.958
4	Iraq	8.346.276	9.054.612	7.636.670	8.549.967	10.887.826	11.948.905	10.822.144	8.310.130	6.036.362	5.123.406
5	ABD	8.304.672	8.654.268	6.623.347	6.395.842	6.341.841	5.640.247	5.604.230	4.584.029	3.762.919	3.240.597
6	Spain	7.708.465	6.302.135	4.988.483	4.742.270	4.749.584	4.334.196	3.717.345	3.917.559	3.536.205	2.818.470
7	France	7.286.992	6.584.199	6.022.485	5.845.032	6.464.243	6.376.704	6.198.536	6.805.821	6.054.499	6.211.415
8	Netherlands	4.760.826	3.864.486	3.589.432	3.154.867	3.458.689	3.538.043	3.244.429	3.243.080	2.461.371	2.127.297
9	Belgium	3.950.970	3.151.422	2.548.240	2.557.805	2.939.108	2.573.804	2.359.575	2.451.030	1.960.441	1.795.682
10	Israel	3.894.506	3.407.436	2.955.545	2.698.139	2.950.902	2.649.663	2.329.531	2.391.148	2.080.148	1.522.436
11	Romania	3.867.122	3.139.188	2.671.249	2.815.506	3.008.011	2.616.313	2.495.427	2.878.760	2.599.380	2.201.936
12	Russia	3.399.827	2.734.316	1.732.954	3.588.331	5.943.014	6.964.209	6.680.777	5.992.633	4.628.153	3.189.607
13	Poland	3.346.149	3.070.758	2.650.505	2.329.176	2.401.689	2.058.857	1.853.700	1.758.252	1.504.280	1.322.218
14	United Arab Emirates	3.137.048	9.184.157	5.406.993	4.681.255	4.655.710	4.965.630	8.174.607	3.706.654	3.332.885	2.896.572
15	Egypt	3.053.571	2.360.734	2.732.926	3.124.876	3.297.538	3.200.362	3.679.195	2.759.311	2.250.577	2.599.030
16	Chile	2.912.539	2.936.262	2.328.044	2.414.790	2.861.052	3.600.865	2.833.255	2.466.316	2.269.175	1.600.296
17	Bulgaria	2.669.703	2.803.182	2.383.500	1.675.928	2.040.157	1.971.247	1.684.989	1.622.777	1.497.384	1.385.544
18	Saudi Arabia	2.636.039	2.734.522	3.172.081	3.472.514	3.047.134	3.191.482	3.676.612	2.763.476	2.217.646	1.768.216
19	İran	2.392.949	3.259.270	4.966.176	3.663.760	3.886.190	4.192.511	9.921.602	3.589.635	3.044.177	2.024.546
20	Greece	2.086.696	1.662.638	1.427.206	1.400.566	1.536.658	1.437.443	1.401.401	1.553.312	1.455.678	1.629.637
Others		57.364.383	48.893.786	45.428.468	49.867.421	54.949.144	51.336.100	47.593.330	44.159.211	37.971.734	37.065.745
Total		167.923.862	156.992 940	142.529 584	143.838 871	157.610.158	151.802.637	152.461.737	134.906.869	113.883.219	102.142.613

Import

Import of Turkey’s 2018 figure is 223 billion. Turkey, imports by 24 countries. ^[3] Turkey most natural gas and oil, is importing automotive and electronics. The countries with the largest share in Turkey’s imports, respectively; Russia with 9.9%, China with 9.3%, Germany with 9.1% and the USA with 5.5%.

Annual import by country

• Top 20 import countries ^[5]

Turkey’s Foreign Trade Imports Values ​​are in thousand US $.

Desk	Country	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009
1	Russia	21.989.574	19.514.094	15.162.386	20.401.757	25.288.597	25.064.214	26.625.286	23.952.914	21.600.641	19.450.086
2	People’s Republic of China	20.719.061	23.370.620	25.441.433	24.873.457	24.918.224	24.685.885	21.295.242	21.693.336	17.180.806	12.676.573
3	Germany	20.407.294	21.301.869	21.474.989	21.351.884	22.369.476	24.182.422	21.400.614	22.985.567	17.549.112	14.096.963
4	ABD	12.377.681	11.951.744	10.867.793	11.141.462	12.727.562	12.596.170	14.130.546	16.034.121	12.318.745	8.575.737
5	Italy	10.154.158	11.304.715	10.218.387	10.639.042	12.055.972	12.884.864	13.344.468	13.449.861	10.139.888	7.594.645
6	India	7.534.783	6.216.639	5.757.246	5.613.515	6.898.577	6.367.791	5.843.638	6.498.651	3.409.938	1.902.607
7	United Kingdom	7.446.107	6.548.620	5.320.237	5.541.277	5.932.227	6.281.414	5.629.455	5.840.380	4.680.611	3.473.433
8	France	7.413.025	8.070.897	7.364.715	7.597.687	8.122.571	8.079.840	8.589.896	9.229.558	8.176.600	7.091.795
9	İran	6.931.258	7.492.104	4.699.777	6.096.254	9.833.290	10.383.217	11.964.779	12.461.532	7.645.008	3.405.986
10	South Korea	6.343.174	6.608.874	6.384.242	7.057.439	7.548.319	6.088.318	5.660.093	6.298.483	4.764.057	3.118.214
11	Spain	5.492.454	6.372.911	5.679.305	5.588.524	6.075.843	6.417.719	6.023.625	6.196.452	4.840.062	3.776.917
12	Japan	4.124.170	4.281.472	3.943.604	3.140.055	3.199.915	3.453.190	3.601.427	4.263.730	3.297.796	2.781.971
13	United Arab Emirates	3.780.736	5.546.921	3.701.153	2.008.690	3.253.024	5.384.468	3.596.545	1.649.456	698.421	667.857
14	Belgium	3.571.445	3.728.941	3.200.764	3.146.936	3.863.892	3.843.376	3.690.309	3.959.279	3.213.606	2.371.516
15	Netherlands	3.304.581	3.747.619	3.000.336	2.914.359	3.517.164	3.363.585	3.660.634	4.004.955	3.156.000	2.543.073
16	Brazil	3.257.706	2.544.928	1.788.012	1.792.241	1.728.745	1.408.806	1.770.094	2.074.354	1.347.525	1.105.890
17	Poland	3.101.677	3.445.906	3.244.193	2.977.662	3.082.128	3.184.533	3.058.078	3.496.189	2.620.956	1.817.093
18	Switzerland	2.816.560	6.899.988	2.502.961	2.445.864	4.821.031	9.645.289	4.304.864	5.018.977	3.153.702	1.999.386
19	Czechia	2.650.330	2.828.107	2.561.652	2.218.334	2.420.199	2.627.288	2.005.342	1.755.452	1.327.672	1.028.650
20	Ukraine	2.645.555	2.817.133	2.547.636	3.448.171	4.242.612	4.516.333	4.394.200	4.812.060	3.832.744	3.156.659
Others		66.985.551	69.205.549	53.757.413	57.239.750	70.277.748	71.202.528	65.956.005	65.166.370	50.590.442	38.293.370
Total		223.046.879	233.799.651	198.618.235	207.234.359	242.177.117	251.661.250	236.545.141	240.841.676	185.544.332	140.928.421

Turkey ‘s economy

The economy of Turkey is an emerging market economy as defined by the International Monetary Fund.^[33] Turkey is among the world’s developed countries according to the CIA World Factbook.^[34] Turkey is also defined by economists and political scientists as one of the world’s newly industrialized countries. Turkey has the world’s 19th-largest nominal GDP,^[5][35] and 13th-largest GDP by PPP.^[5] The country is among the world’s leading producers of agricultural products; textiles; motor vehicles, transportation equipment; construction materials; consumer electronics and home appliances (see the related chapters below).

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