Automobile giants lined up! Türkiye's exports hit historical peak

Türkiye's total exports increased by 5.2 percent in the January-September period compared to the same period last year, reaching 210 billion 972 million 841 thousand dollars. In September, exports increased by 15.4 percent on a monthly basis, reaching 26 billion dollars.

The automotive industry, on the other hand, realized foreign sales of 31.1 billion dollars with an increase of 3.1 percent in the same period. This figure was the highest export amount reached by the sector between January and September.

Germany ranked first in automotive exports with 5.07 billion dollars. Germany was followed by France with 3.82 billion dollars, the United Kingdom with 2.93 billion dollars, Italy with 2.79 billion dollars and Spain with 2.46 billion dollars.

Italy came to the fore in the increase in exports on a value basis. Türkiye's automotive industry's exports to this country increased by 434.8 million dollars compared to the same period last year.

Italy was followed by France with an increase of 384.2 million dollars, the Netherlands with 198 million dollars, Germany with 127.3 million dollars and Sweden with 69.1 million dollars.

During this period, Türkiye's automotive exports to the Netherlands were 631.9 million dollars, and its exports to Sweden were 266.2 million dollars.