'Critical technology' exports exceeded 86 billion dollars

According to Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) data, Türkiye's prioritization of policies that will increase technology production is also reflected in its export figures.

Türkiye is increasing its exports in products requiring high technology, from aviation and space vehicles to weapons and ammunition, from motor vehicles to medical products, from computers to electrical equipment.

While Türkiye's exports of medium-high and high-tech products were 53.1 billion dollars in 2013, they reached 60.1 billion dollars in 2017. Exports of these products increased to 77.4 billion dollars in 2021 and reached 88.7 billion dollars in 2022. Exports of medium-high and high-tech products were recorded as 97.3 billion dollars in 2023, 101.1 billion dollars in 2024 and 111.9 billion dollars last year.

The export in question increased by 7 percent in the January-September period compared to the same period last year, reaching 86.4 billion dollars.

High-tech product exports, which were 6.9 billion dollars in the January-September period of last year, reached 7.4 billion dollars in the 9 months of this year. The export in question increased by 6.3 percent compared to the same period last year.

The highest export in this category was in the field of "manufacture of computers, electronic and optical products" with 3 billion dollars. This was followed by "air and space vehicle manufacturing" with 2.5 billion dollars, and "manufacture of pharmaceutical, medical, chemical and herbal products" with 1.9 billion dollars.

Motorized land vehicles are at the top in medium-high technology

Exports of medium-high technology products increased by 7.1 percent in the same period, reaching 79 billion dollars.

"Manufacture of motor vehicles" in this category was the sector with the most exports with 29.2 billion dollars.

This was followed by the manufacturing of "chemicals and chemical products" with 15.7 billion dollars, "electrical equipment" with 15.1 billion dollars and "machinery and equipment not classified elsewhere" with 14.1 billion dollars.

These areas were followed by "weapons and ammunition manufacturing" with 3.4 billion dollars, "manufacture of medical and dental tools and equipment" with 818 million dollars, "manufacture of air and space vehicles and related machines and other transportation vehicles except ship and boat construction" with 664 million dollars.