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Where does Turkey get its raw cotton? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Turkey imported $1.5 billion of raw cotton (786 thousand tonnes), 8.8% of the world total. Its main sources were Brazil (30%), the United States (26%) and Greece (14%). Turkey was the world’s 4th-largest importer of raw cotton.

Summary

Value
$1.5billion
Tonnes
786thousand tonnes
Share of world total
8.8%
World rank
4th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Brazil442Tonnes: 240,097USD per tonne: $1,84030.1%Sea
United States385Tonnes: 176,557USD per tonne: $2,18226.2%Sea
Greece205Tonnes: 105,015USD per tonne: $1,95514%Land
Azerbaijan156Tonnes: 102,214USD per tonne: $1,52410.6%Land
Australia69Tonnes: 34,160USD per tonne: $2,0214.7%Sea
Syria51.9Tonnes: 34,165USD per tonne: $1,5193.5%Land
Kazakhstan49.4Tonnes: 29,535USD per tonne: $1,6743.4%Sea
Tajikistan31.1Tonnes: 17,210USD per tonne: $1,8102.1%Sea
Argentina18.3Tonnes: 12,978USD per tonne: $1,4121.3%Sea
Mexico18.3Tonnes: 8,636USD per tonne: $2,1141.2%Sea
Turkmenistan9.8Tonnes: 6,784USD per tonne: $1,4430.67%Sea
Kyrgyzstan6.5Tonnes: 3,625USD per tonne: $1,7830.44%Sea
Paraguay5.4Tonnes: 3,495USD per tonne: $1,5390.37%Sea
Mali4.9Tonnes: 2,589USD per tonne: $1,8760.33%Sea
Côte d'Ivoire3.6Tonnes: 1,895USD per tonne: $1,8850.24%Sea
Sudan3.4Tonnes: 2,166USD per tonne: $1,5710.23%Sea
Spain2.2Tonnes: 1,042USD per tonne: $2,0710.15%Sea
Egypt1.9Tonnes: 551USD per tonne: $3,5310.13%Sea
Burkina Faso1.2Tonnes: 594USD per tonne: $1,9990.08%Sea
Cameroon1.1Tonnes: 570USD per tonne: $1,9780.08%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Brazil has been its main source since 2024

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Brazil 0.44
  • United States 0.39
  • Greece 0.21
  • Azerbaijan 0.16
  • Australia 0.07

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Brazil00.44
United States0.090.39
Greece0.060.21
Azerbaijan< 0.010.16
Australia00.07

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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