Summary
- Turkey → United States
- $17billion
- United States → Turkey
- $16.5billion
- Turkey’s balance
- $566million
Balance
Turkey’s trade balance with the United States
Trade between Turkey and the United States grew 5.8-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Turkey’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 17
- Imports 16.5
- Balance +0.6
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $1.9 billion | $3.9 billion | -$2 billion |
| 1996 | $1.9 billion | $3.5 billion | -$1.7 billion |
| 1997 | $2.3 billion | $4.5 billion | -$2.2 billion |
| 1998 | $2.7 billion | $4.1 billion | -$1.4 billion |
| 1999 | $2.9 billion | $3.2 billion | -$278 million |
| 2000 | $3.5 billion | $4 billion | -$499 million |
| 2001 | $3.4 billion | $3.3 billion | $98 million |
| 2002 | $3.8 billion | $3.6 billion | $146 million |
| 2003 | $4.2 billion | $3.5 billion | $730 million |
| 2004 | $5.5 billion | $4.9 billion | $633 million |
| 2005 | $5.7 billion | $5.3 billion | $403 million |
| 2006 | $6 billion | $6.9 billion | -$874 million |
| 2007 | $5 billion | $8.2 billion | -$3.2 billion |
| 2008 | $4.9 billion | $12.5 billion | -$7.7 billion |
| 2009 | $3.9 billion | $8.2 billion | -$4.2 billion |
| 2010 | $4.4 billion | $12 billion | -$7.6 billion |
| 2011 | $5.2 billion | $15.6 billion | -$10.4 billion |
| 2012 | $6.5 billion | $13.2 billion | -$6.7 billion |
| 2013 | $7.4 billion | $12.8 billion | -$5.4 billion |
| 2014 | $7.6 billion | $13 billion | -$5.4 billion |
| 2015 | $8 billion | $11.2 billion | -$3.2 billion |
| 2016 | $8.1 billion | $10.9 billion | -$2.8 billion |
| 2017 | $10 billion | $12.1 billion | -$2.1 billion |
| 2018 | $10.1 billion | $12.7 billion | -$2.7 billion |
| 2019 | $10.7 billion | $11.8 billion | -$1.1 billion |
| 2020 | $11.2 billion | $11.8 billion | -$628 million |
| 2021 | $16.6 billion | $14 billion | $2.6 billion |
| 2022 | $19.1 billion | $16.9 billion | $2.2 billion |
| 2023 | $15.9 billion | $16.6 billion | -$743 million |
| 2024 | $17 billion | $16.5 billion | $566 million |
What they sell each other
What Turkey sells to the United States
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What the United States sells to Turkey
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Istanbul and Los Angeles is 9,343 nautical miles (17,302 km) long: ≈ 21.5–28 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Dardanelles, Strait of Gibraltar and Panama Canal.
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
The United States was Turkey’s 4th largest trading partner (6% of its trade), and Turkey was the United States’ 24th (0.7%).
- The United States in Turkey’s trade
- 5.7%
- The United States’ rank among Turkey’s partners
- 4th
- Turkey in the United States’ trade
- 0.7%
- Turkey’s rank among the United States’ partners
- 24th
Compare with
Other partners of Turkey
Other partners of the United States
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.