According to Automotive Industry Association data, 528 thousand 366 automobiles were produced in the first 9 months of the year, and 60.18 percent of the production was exported.
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According to the information compiled by the AA correspondent from the Automotive Manufacturers Association (OSD) data, 986 thousand 584 vehicles, including tractors, 528 thousand 366 of which were automobiles, were produced by association member companies in Türkiye in the January-September period.
The highest production of automobiles in terms of units was made by OYAK Renault, operating in Bursa, with 231 thousand 45 units. OYAK Renault's share in total automobile production was recorded as 43.7 percent.
Toyota, operating in Sakarya, ranked second by manufacturing 143 thousand 778 cars in a 9-month period.
In the same period, Hyundai Motor Türkiye reached a production figure of 125 thousand 880 units and TOFAŞ reached a production figure of 27 thousand 663 units.
While the number of automobiles produced in Bursa between January and September was 258 thousand 708, 48.9 percent of the overall automobile production was carried out here.
In the 9 months of the year, 317 thousand 970 cars, corresponding to 60.18 percent of the general automobile production, were exported, providing a foreign exchange inflow of 8.7 billion dollars.
More than half of the automobile production in Bursa was sent abroad
OYAK Renault, which ranks first in production, also ranks first in exports with 132 thousand 559 units.
Toyota ranked second with 98 thousand 46 cars, and Hyundai Motor Türkiye ranked third with 87 thousand 362 cars.
During this period, the automobile exports of TOFAŞ, which has a factory in Bursa, were recorded as 3 units.
Exports of 132 thousand 562 units from Bursa in the January-September period constituted 41.7 percent of Türkiye's total automobile exports.
51.24 percent of the 258 thousand 708 cars produced in Bursa in a 9-month period were sent abroad.
The number of vehicles unloaded daily in the city was 947.6 and the number of daily exports was 485.6.

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