Summary
- Share of its imports
- 13.7%
- Value imported
- $3.1billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 2nd
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 89
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 44
- Dominated value
- $1.2billion
- Share of total imports
- 5.4%
Trend
Trend in shares
Turkey went from 3.1% to 13.7% of what Iran buys
Share (%)
- Turkey 13.7%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 266 | 3.1% | 11 |
| 1996 | 292 | 2.8% | 11 |
| 1997 | 392 | 2.3% | 17 |
| 1998 | 299 | 1.8% | 19 |
| 1999 | 235 | 1.6% | 19 |
| 2000 | 281 | 1.7% | 21 |
| 2001 | 411 | 2% | 18 |
| 2002 | 405 | 1.6% | 17 |
| 2003 | 589 | 1.9% | 15 |
| 2004 | 909 | 2.2% | 14 |
| 2005 | 1,061 | 2.4% | 13 |
| 2006 | 1,028 | 2.9% | 12 |
| 2007 | 1,399 | 2.8% | 11 |
| 2008 | 1,989 | 3.5% | 10 |
| 2009 | 1,990 | 4.4% | 6 |
| 2010 | 3,448 | 4.9% | 5 |
| 2011 | 4,076 | 5.2% | 5 |
| 2012 | 9,815 | 14.2% | 3 |
| 2013 | 5,259 | 7.8% | 3 |
| 2014 | 5,058 | 7.3% | 3 |
| 2015 | 4,639 | 8.4% | 3 |
| 2016 | 5,603 | 10.1% | 3 |
| 2017 | 4,124 | 6.3% | 3 |
| 2018 | 3,168 | 5.9% | 3 |
| 2019 | 4,270 | 8.7% | 3 |
| 2020 | 3,429 | 8.3% | 3 |
| 2021 | 3,881 | 7.2% | 3 |
| 2022 | 4,294 | 7.5% | 3 |
| 2023 | 3,063 | 10.4% | 3 |
| 2024 | 3,096 | 13.7% | 2 |
Products where Turkey sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunflower, safflower and cottonseed oil | Turkey | 96.4%over 75% | Kazakhstan · 3.6% | $133 million |
| Raw tobacco | Turkey | 82.6%over 75% | Belgium · 13.7% | $91 million |
| Chemical wood pulp | Turkey | 96.3%over 75% | China · 3.6% | $89 million |
| Eggs in shell | Turkey | 97.2%over 75% | Spain · 2.2% | $70 million |
| Treated paper and cellulose wadding | Turkey | 67.9% | China · 24.2% | $69 million |
| Acrylic polymers | Turkey | 57.9% | China · 38.8% | $44 million |
| Detergents and surfactants | Turkey | 61% | China · 21% | $42 million |
| Cocoa powder | Turkey | 67% | Bulgaria · 9.3% | $42 million |
| Zinc ore | Turkey | 100%over 75% | — | $42 million |
| Nonwoven fabric | Turkey | 86.4%over 75% | China · 10.2% | $39 million |
| Trailers | Turkey | 76.2%over 75% | Hungary · 9.4% | $37 million |
| Toilet paper and tissues | Turkey | 90.4%over 75% | China · 6.6% | $37 million |
| Woven carpets | Turkey | 95.6%over 75% | China · 3.6% | $34 million |
| Other plastic sheets | Turkey | 73.6% | China · 21.3% | $28 million |
| Glues and adhesives | Turkey | 50.7% | China · 32.8% | $28 million |
| Hair care | Turkey | 77.1%over 75% | Indonesia · 6.6% | $25 million |
| Sawn wood | Turkey | 70.7% | Georgia · 24.6% | $23 million |
| Raw cotton | Turkey | 60% | Kyrgyzstan · 23.9% | $21 million |
| Synthetic fiber yarn | Turkey | 59.3% | China · 32.6% | $18 million |
| Unwrought nickel | Turkey | 95.4%over 75% | Malaysia · 4.6% | $18 million |
| Putty and sealants | Turkey | 82.3%over 75% | China · 11.4% | $17 million |
| Gelatin | Turkey | 89.9%over 75% | Thailand · 4.4% | $16 million |
| Wheat | Turkey | 100%over 75% | — | $15 million |
| Sanitary pads, diapers and textile wadding | Turkey | 79.3%over 75% | Armenia · 11.1% | $13 million |
| Soft drinks | Turkey | 50.6% | Thailand · 32.7% | $13 million |
| Cocoa butter | Turkey | 66.1% | Netherlands · 14.6% | $11 million |
| Bread, biscuits and pastries | Turkey | 68.6% | Germany · 5.4% | $10 million |
| Synthetic monofilament and strip | Turkey | 92.2%over 75% | China · 6.5% | $9 million |
| Poultry, beekeeping and forestry machinery | Turkey | 73.7% | China · 15.7% | $9 million |
| Soybean oil | Turkey | 99.5%over 75% | Malaysia · 0.31% | $9 million |
and 59 more
A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.
Are there other suppliers in the world?
- Turkey sells 7% of what the world exports of sunflower, safflower and cottonseed oil; next come Ukraine (29.5%), Russia (24.1%) and Netherlands (5.9%). The rest of the world exported 128.6 times what Iran buys from Turkey.
- Turkey sells 2.5% of what the world exports of raw tobacco; next come Brazil (19.9%), Zimbabwe (10.3%) and India (9.7%). The rest of the world exported 141.4 times what Iran buys from Turkey.
- Turkey sells 0.28% of what the world exports of chemical wood pulp; next come Brazil (28.2%), United States (11.1%) and Canada (9.6%). The rest of the world exported 453.6 times what Iran buys from Turkey.
- Turkey sells 8.1% of what the world exports of eggs in shell; next come Netherlands (17.5%), United States (10.4%) and Poland (7.8%). The rest of the world exported 77 times what Iran buys from Turkey.
- Turkey sells 1.7% of what the world exports of treated paper and cellulose wadding; next come China (16.8%), Germany (15.6%) and United States (9.2%). The rest of the world exported 320.6 times what Iran buys from Turkey.
- Turkey sells 2.3% of what the world exports of acrylic polymers; next come Germany (13.5%), China (12.1%) and South Korea (10.7%). The rest of the world exported 422.4 times what Iran buys from Turkey.
- Turkey sells 2.1% of what the world exports of detergents and surfactants; next come Germany (10.8%), United States (9.5%) and China (8.8%). The rest of the world exported 1,073.6 times what Iran buys from Turkey.
- Turkey sells 2.2% of what the world exports of cocoa powder; next come Netherlands (26.9%), Malaysia (15.1%) and Indonesia (9.8%). The rest of the world exported 109.1 times what Iran buys from Turkey.
- Turkey sells 2.4% of what the world exports of zinc ore; next come Peru (15.8%), Australia (11.9%) and United States (11.5%). The rest of the world exported 284.9 times what Iran buys from Turkey.
- Turkey sells 4.8% of what the world exports of nonwoven fabric; next come China (23.1%), Germany (10.6%) and United States (9.4%). The rest of the world exported 413 times what Iran buys from Turkey.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from Turkey
Iran is Turkey’s 21st-largest customer, with 1.1% of its exports.
Links
Sources and method
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.
Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.
The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.
Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.
The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.
Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.