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How dependent is Turkmenistan on Turkey?

In 2024, Turkey sold $1.1 billion to Turkmenistan, 28% of its imports, ranking 1st among its suppliers. Its share was 22.2% in 2019 and 20.5% in 1995. In 107 products it sells more than 50% of what Turkmenistan buys of them (in 52, more than 75%); what Turkmenistan buys from Turkey in those products (dominated value) adds up to $609 million, 15.6% of its imports.

Summary

Share of its imports
28%
Value imported
$1.1billion
Rank among its suppliers
1st
Products where it sells over 50%
107
Products where it sells over 75%
52
Dominated value
$609million
Share of total imports
15.6%

Trend

Trend in shares

Turkey went from 20.5% to 28% of what Turkmenistan buys

Share (%)

  • Turkey 28%

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearValue (USD millions)ShareRank
19955620.5%1
1996657%4
199711711.3%4
19989513.7%3
199922315.3%1
200021012.4%1
200110510.1%3
200211011.4%3
200317012.3%3
200421411.4%3
20051799.1%4
200628016.2%1
200734014.1%2
200866216.1%3
200994418.6%1
20101,13825%1
20111,47924%1
20121,46817.9%2
20132,02123.4%1
20142,32625.8%1
20151,95529.5%1
20161,35424.3%1
20171,09225.4%1
201850317.8%1
201974422.2%1
202078623.5%1
202197825%1
20221,08122.3%2
20231,01121.3%1
20241,09628%1

Products where Turkey sells more than half

ProductSupplierShareSecondValue
Steel structuresTurkey87.2%over 75%China · 11.5%$73 million
Cables and wireTurkey80%over 75%China · 14.8%$50 million
Control panelsTurkey69%China · 21.9%$28 million
Prefabricated buildingsTurkey84.7%over 75%China · 13.8%$25 million
Generating setsTurkey93.1%over 75%China · 6%$21 million
FurnitureTurkey68.3%China · 15.5%$20 million
Pesticides and herbicidesTurkey64.1%Uzbekistan · 31.5%$18 million
Uninsulated aluminum cableTurkey89.4%over 75%China · 8.6%$18 million
Sorting and crushing machinesTurkey58%Italy · 21.5%$16 million
Low-voltage switches and connectorsTurkey70.1%China · 21.9%$15 million
Plastic pipes and hosesTurkey67.6%China · 16.7%$14 million
Clothes dryers and textile finishing machinesTurkey89.2%over 75%Austria · 8.2%$14 million
Transformers and power suppliesTurkey61.5%China · 21.6%$14 million
Detergents and surfactantsTurkey77.6%over 75%China · 4.2%$12 million
Aluminum bars and profilesTurkey71.5%China · 27.6%$12 million
Particle board and OSBTurkey100%over 75%—$10 million
Synthetic paints and varnishesTurkey82.1%over 75%Germany · 6.9%$10 million
Deodorants, shaving and bath productsTurkey82.7%over 75%Poland · 12.4%$10 million
Welded steel pipesTurkey55.1%Kazakhstan · 19%$9 million
BatteriesTurkey58.4%China · 31.3%$9 million
Fiberboard (MDF)Turkey87.9%over 75%China · 11.6%$8 million
Plastic sheets and filmTurkey63.9%China · 28.6%$8 million
Aluminum structuresTurkey92.3%over 75%China · 4.6%$8 million
Seats and chairsTurkey69.2%China · 21.1%$7 million
Central heating boilersTurkey94.7%over 75%Italy · 3.8%$6 million
Live plants and cuttingsTurkey94.2%over 75%Uzbekistan · 2.5%$6 million
Sprayers and fire extinguishersTurkey62.1%China · 23.4%$6 million
Makeup and skin careTurkey67.5%Germany · 7.7%$5 million
Soybean meal and pelletsTurkey87.2%over 75%Georgia · 11.5%$5 million
Water-based paints and varnishesTurkey86.4%over 75%Uzbekistan · 8.7%$5 million

and 77 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?

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

Seen from Turkey

Turkmenistan is Turkey’s 51st-largest customer, with 0.4% of its exports.

Sources and method

Sources and licenses

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.