Passenger car exports worth 8.7 billion dollars were made from Türkiye in 9 months

According to the information compiled by the AA correspondent from the Uludağ Automotive Industry Exporters Association data, sector representatives sold passenger cars to 82 countries, autonomous regions and free zones in 9 months of the year.

In the January-September period, the share of passenger cars in the exports of the automotive industry, which achieved foreign sales of 31 billion 144 million 829 thousand dollars, was 28 percent.

Passenger car exports, which were 9 billion 303 million 695 thousand dollars in January-September 2025, were recorded as 8 billion 732 million 380 thousand dollars, with a decrease of 6.1 percent in the same period of this year.

Most passenger cars were sent to France

The sector, where European countries are among the main export markets, exported the most passenger cars to France.

Automobile manufacturers increased their exports to France by 5 percent in the 9 months of the year, from 1 billion 562 million 263 thousand dollars to 1 billion 640 million 938 thousand dollars.

9-month passenger car exports to Spain, which ranks second on the list, increased by 6.3 percent compared to the same period last year, from 1 billion 136 million 144 thousand dollars to 1 billion 207 million 330 thousand dollars.

Exports to Italy, which ranks third, increased by 6.5 percent compared to the same period last year, reaching 977 million 816 thousand dollars from 917 million 847 thousand dollars.

In the January-September period, sector representatives exported 715 million 513 thousand dollars of passenger cars to Germany, which ranked fourth, with a 25 percent decrease, and 712 million 361 thousand dollars of passenger cars to Slovenia, which ranked fifth, with an increase of 6.7 percent.

9 of the top 10 markets in passenger car exports are EU members

Passenger car exports to the United Kingdom, which ranks sixth, decreased by 38.3 percent from 1 billion 42 million 107 thousand dollars to 643 million 211 thousand dollars.

Poland ranked seventh with 568 million 82 thousand dollars, Belgium ranked eighth with 352 million 755 thousand dollars, Netherlands ranked ninth with 182 million 685 thousand dollars, and Greece ranked tenth with 164 million 50 thousand dollars.

European Union countries constituted 9 of the top 10 markets in passenger car exports.

During this period, 14 million 200 thousand dollars were exported to Libya, which did not export passenger cars in the same period last year, and 8 million 483 thousand dollars were exported to Estonia.

82 percent (7 billion 164 million 741 thousand dollars) of passenger car exports of 8 billion 732 million 380 thousand dollars in the January-September period were made to the top 10 countries.