Türkiye's exports climb 4.4% to $273.3B in 2025

By Mucahithan Avcioglu

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkish exports amounted to $273.36 billion in 2025, up 4.4% on a yearly basis, according to data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) on Friday.

The country's imports also increased 6.2% to $365.37 billion last year, resulting in a trade deficit of $92 billion, up 11.9%.

The ratios of the manufacturing industries products sector, agriculture, forestry and fishing sector, and the mining and quarrying sector in total exports were 94.3%, 3.5%, and 1.6% in 2025, respectively.

High-tech's share in the manufacturing side was at 3.8%, and medium-high tech's share was at 39.6%.

The top destination country for Turkish exports was Germany with $22.16 billion, followed by the UK with $16.77 billion and the US with $16.33 billion.

China was the top source of imports to Türkiye with $49.57 billion, followed by Russia with $42.37 billion and Germany with $30.11 billion.

In December alone, the country's exports totaled $26.37 billion, climbing 12.7% year-on-year, and imports were at $35.67 billion, up 10.7%.

The foreign trade deficit in December was $9.3 billion, up 5.6% compared to the same month of 2024.

Foreign trade deficit, excluding energy products and non-monetary gold, was $2.7 billion in December 2025.