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Trade between France and Turkey

In 2024, France exported $12.4 billion to Turkey and imported $11.5 billion. France ran a surplus of $915 million with Turkey, compared with a deficit of $3 billion in 2019. Turkey was France’s 11th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and France was Turkey’s 7th (4%).

Summary

France → Turkey
$12.4billion
Turkey → France
$11.5billion
France’s balance
$915million

Balance

France’s trade balance with Turkey

Trade between France and Turkey grew 7.3-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). France’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 12.4
  • Imports 11.5
  • Balance +0.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$2.1 billion$1.2 billion$894 million
1996$2.8 billion$1.2 billion$1.6 billion
1997$3.2 billion$1.4 billion$1.8 billion
1998$3.1 billion$1.6 billion$1.5 billion
1999$3.4 billion$2 billion$1.4 billion
2000$3.8 billion$2 billion$1.7 billion
2001$2.3 billion$2.3 billion-$25 million
2002$3.1 billion$2.6 billion$451 million
2003$4.2 billion$3.3 billion$914 million
2004$6.2 billion$4.2 billion$2 billion
2005$6 billion$4.4 billion$1.6 billion
2006$7.2 billion$5.3 billion$1.9 billion
2007$7.9 billion$6.7 billion$1.2 billion
2008$9.1 billion$7.8 billion$1.3 billion
2009$7.3 billion$7.1 billion$168 million
2010$8.3 billion$7.2 billion$1.1 billion
2011$9.2 billion$8.1 billion$1.1 billion
2012$8.8 billion$7.2 billion$1.5 billion
2013$8.6 billion$7.8 billion$805 million
2014$8.5 billion$8 billion$482 million
2015$8.1 billion$7.4 billion$730 million
2016$7.8 billion$7.7 billion$76 million
2017$8.3 billion$8.2 billion$74 million
2018$7.7 billion$9.4 billion-$1.6 billion
2019$6.7 billion$9.6 billion-$3 billion
2020$7 billion$7.7 billion-$713 million
2021$8.1 billion$9.9 billion-$1.8 billion
2022$9.4 billion$9.9 billion-$460 million
2023$11.6 billion$12.1 billion-$477 million
2024$12.4 billion$11.5 billion$915 million

What they sell each other

What France sells to Turkey

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Airplanes and helicopters$2.2 billion · 17.3%
    2 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  2. Cars$1.3 billion · 10.2%
    92 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  3. Tractors$562 million · 4.5%
    79 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  4. Auto parts$430 million · 3.5%
    51 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  5. Turbojets and gas turbines$424 million · 3.4%
    1 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  6. Trucks$214 million · 1.7%
    20 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  7. Alloy steel sheet$192 million · 1.5%
    165 thousand tonnes
  8. Perfumes$179 million · 1.4%
    2 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  9. Vaccines, blood and antisera$173 million · 1.4%
    1 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  10. Makeup and skin care$165 million · 1.3%
    6 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations

What Turkey sells to France

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Cars$2 billion · 17.4%
    166 thousand tonnes · Turkey’s destinations
  2. Auto parts$675 million · 5.9%
    101 thousand tonnes · Turkey’s destinations
  3. Trucks$584 million · 5.1%
    48 thousand tonnes · Turkey’s destinations
  4. Buses$546 million · 4.7%
    32 thousand tonnes
  5. Women's suits and dresses$255 million · 2.2%
    6 thousand tonnes
  6. T-shirts$234 million · 2%
    7 thousand tonnes
  7. Sweaters and pullovers$217 million · 1.9%
    6 thousand tonnes
  8. Turbojets and gas turbines$197 million · 1.7%
    644 tonnes · Turkey’s destinations
  9. Socks and tights$196 million · 1.7%
    9 thousand tonnes
  10. Men's suits and trousers$158 million · 1.4%
    4 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Le Havre to Istanbul.

The estimated sea route between Le Havre and Istanbul is 3,071 nautical miles (5,688 km) long: ≈ 7–9 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Strait of Gibraltar and Dardanelles.

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$18.6 billion · 77.5%
  2. Air$5.4 billion · 22.5%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Turkey was France’s 11th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and France was Turkey’s 7th (4%).

Turkey in France’s trade
1.7%
Turkey’s rank among France’s partners
11th
France in Turkey’s trade
4.1%
France’s rank among Turkey’s partners
7th

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Sources and methodology

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.