Türkiye's exports to BRICS countries exceeded 18.2 billion dollars in the January-September period

According to the information compiled by the AA correspondent from the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM) data, Türkiye's exports increased by 5.2 percent in the January-September period this year compared to the same period last year, rising from 200.5 billion dollars to 210.9 billion dollars.

In the January-September period, 18 billion 232 million 391 thousand dollars of exports were made to the BRICS countries consisting of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Brazil, China, Indonesia, Ethiopia, the Republic of South Africa, India, Iran, Egypt and Russia.

In the January-September period, the highest export among BRICS countries was made to Russia with 4 billion 113 million 545 thousand dollars.

Russia was followed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with 3 billion 263 million 409 thousand dollars, Egypt with 3 billion 62 million 332 thousand dollars, China with 3 billion 4 million 68 thousand dollars and Iran with 1 billion 828 million 800 thousand dollars.

While exports increased to 8 of the BRICS countries in the January-September period, a decrease was recorded in 2 of them. During this period, exports to Ethiopia increased by 79.6 percent, to China by 40.8 percent, to the Republic of South Africa by 29.1 percent and to Egypt by 28.6 percent, while exports to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) decreased by 41.2 percent and to Russia by 2.5 percent.

Chemical substances and products sector came to the fore

During the said period, chemicals and their products stood out among the sectors in exports to BRICS countries. The sector's exports to these countries amounted to 3 billion 528.6 million dollars.

Exports of the mining products sector to BRICS countries increased by 33.5 percent compared to the same period last year, from 1 billion 607.6 million dollars to 2 billion 146.7 million dollars. Thus, an increase of approximately 539.1 million dollars was recorded in the sector's exports.

On the other hand, the jewelery sector's exports to BRICS countries decreased by 45 percent, from 2 billion 394.7 million dollars to 1 billion 317.5 million dollars, while the exports of the textile and raw materials sector increased by 8.7 percent, reaching 1 billion 175.2 million dollars.

Istanbul ranked first in exports to BRICS countries

In the January-September period, Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Kocaeli and Bursa stood out in Türkiye's exports to BRICS countries. The total exports of these 5 provinces to these countries was 12 billion 477 million 501 thousand dollars.

In the 9 months of the year, the highest exports to BRICS countries were made from Istanbul with 8 billion 164 million 850 thousand dollars.

Istanbul was followed by Ankara with 1 billion 913 million 95 thousand dollars, Izmir with 1 billion 38 million 997 thousand dollars, Kocaeli with 703 million 19 thousand dollars and Bursa with 657 million 540 thousand dollars.