Summary
- Syria → Turkey
- $438million
- Turkey → Syria
- $2.2billion
- Syria’s balance
- -$1.7billion
Balance
Syria’s trade balance with Turkey
Trade between Syria and Turkey grew 5-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Syria’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.4
- Imports 2.2
- Balance -1.7
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $258 million | $271 million | -$13 million |
| 1996 | $310 million | $305 million | $5 million |
| 1997 | $456 million | $267 million | $189 million |
| 1998 | $308 million | $308 million | $387 thousand |
| 1999 | $307 million | $232 million | $75 million |
| 2000 | $545 million | $181 million | $365 million |
| 2001 | $441 million | $480 million | -$39 million |
| 2002 | $1.7 billion | $582 million | $1.1 billion |
| 2003 | $1.6 billion | $880 million | $674 million |
| 2004 | $1.3 billion | $934 million | $380 million |
| 2005 | $306 million | $579 million | -$273 million |
| 2006 | $386 million | $695 million | -$310 million |
| 2007 | $502 million | $982 million | -$480 million |
| 2008 | $733 million | $1 billion | -$311 million |
| 2009 | $366 million | $1.6 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| 2010 | $726 million | $2 billion | -$1.3 billion |
| 2011 | $337 million | $1.6 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| 2012 | $67 million | $486 million | -$419 million |
| 2013 | $106 million | $1.1 billion | -$997 million |
| 2014 | $134 million | $2 billion | -$1.9 billion |
| 2015 | $61 million | $1.7 billion | -$1.7 billion |
| 2016 | $108 million | $1.6 billion | -$1.5 billion |
| 2017 | $114 million | $1.6 billion | -$1.4 billion |
| 2018 | $104 million | $1.7 billion | -$1.6 billion |
| 2019 | $118 million | $1.6 billion | -$1.5 billion |
| 2020 | $246 million | $1.4 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| 2021 | $187 million | $2 billion | -$1.8 billion |
| 2022 | $235 million | $2.1 billion | -$1.9 billion |
| 2023 | $363 million | $2.1 billion | -$1.7 billion |
| 2024 | $438 million | $2.2 billion | -$1.7 billion |
What they sell each other
What Syria sells to Turkey
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Turkey sells to Syria
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Baniyas and Istanbul is 865 nautical miles (1,602 km) long: ≈ 2–2.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: 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
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
Turkey was Syria’s largest trading partner (53% of its trade), and Syria was Turkey’s 47th (0.5%).
- Turkey in Syria’s trade
- 52.5%
- Turkey’s rank among Syria’s partners
- 1st
- Syria in Turkey’s trade
- 0.5%
- Syria’s rank among Turkey’s partners
- 47th
Compare with
Other partners of Turkey
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
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.