Minister Bolat: Our goal for 2029 is to increase our exports of goods and services to 450 billion dollars.

Bolat shared a post on his NSosyal account regarding the conference titled "Our Foreign Trade Policy in the Turkish Century" held in Istanbul by the Eurasian Strategic Research Platform (ASAD).

Stating that they discussed Türkiye's historical achievements in foreign trade, new opportunities in global trade and future goals, Bolat said, "Under the leadership of our President, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, we are working to make Turkey one of the leading countries in global trade with a strong vision ranging from production to exports, from investments to commercial diplomacy." made his assessment.

Minister Bolat pointed out that they increased their goods exports, which were 36.1 billion dollars in 2002, to 273.4 billion dollars in 2025, and underlined that they increased their goods exports to 211 billion dollars in the first 9 months of 2026, increasing by 5.2 percent compared to the same period of the previous year.

Bolat pointed out that annualized goods exports reached a record level in the history of the Republic with 283.7 billion dollars as of September 2026, and emphasized that they increased their service exports, which were 14 billion dollars in 2002, to 124.9 billion dollars last year.

“We provided 49.6 billion dollars of support to our exporters”

Stating that they increased the share of medium-high and high-technology products in manufacturing industry exports from 30.4 percent to 43.5 percent, Bolat said:

"We have provided 49.6 billion dollars of support to our exporters as of September 2026 through Turk Eximbank. In order to carry these achievements forward, we are strengthening our exporters' access to financing, encouraging value-added and technology-intensive production, expanding our free trade agreements and paving the way for us in new markets with trade diplomacy. Our goal for 2029 is to increase our exports of goods and services to 450 billion dollars, in a period when protectionism and uncertainties in the global economy are increasing. "We are building the Turkey Century with more production, stronger exports, higher technology and a more effective Turkey in global trade. Turkey will produce, Turkey will export, Turkey Century will rise."