Iraq was the neighboring country to which Türkiye exported the most

MOST EXPORTS TO IRAQ

The country to which Türkiye exported the most among its neighboring countries was Iraq. While approximately 6.7 billion dollars of exports were made to Iraq, this country was followed by Bulgaria with 3.9 billion dollars, Greece with 2.6 billion dollars and Georgia with 2.2 billion dollars.

The neighboring countries with the highest annual export increase in the January-September period were Georgia, Syria and Bulgaria. Exports to Georgia increased by approximately 19.6 percent, to Syria by 19 percent and to Bulgaria by 16 percent.

THE MOST CHEMICAL PRODUCTS WERE SOLD TO NEIGHBORS

When Türkiye's exports to neighboring countries were examined on a sectoral basis, "chemical substances and products" ranked first.

Exports worth 3 billion 890 million 577 thousand dollars were made from this sector to 7 neighboring countries. Chemical substances and their products were followed by "cereals, pulses, oilseeds and their products" with 2 billion 152 million 861 thousand dollars, and "furniture, paper and forest products" with 1 billion 631 million 681 thousand dollars.

The lowest amount of exports to neighboring countries was in the "ornamental plants and products" sector. Exports in this sector amounted to 23 million 97 thousand dollars.

NOTE ON ARMENIA AND NAKHICHEVAN DATA

In the calculations, data regarding Türkiye's border neighbors Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Iraq, Iran, Syria and Greece are taken into account.

Since there is no official data regarding Nakhchivan, trade with this region is not included in the calculation. There is no direct official trade between Türkiye and Armenia by land.