According to consolidated data from the machinery manufacturing industry, Türkiye’s total machinery exports, including free zones, amounted to 9.3 billion dollars in the first four months of the year.
According to the consolidated machinery manufacturing industry data published by MAIB, total machinery exports, including free zones, increased by 4.5 percent in the first four months of the year compared to the same period of the previous year, reaching 9.3 billion dollars. Although the volume of machinery exports declined by 6.7 percent, an increase of 12 percent in the average export value per kilogram, which rose to 8.6 dollars, generated an additional 350 million dollars in export revenue during the period. On a rolling 12-month basis, consolidated machinery exports increased by 1.3 percent to 29.1 billion dollars, while machinery imports rose by 8.2 percent to 47.2 billion dollars compared to the previous 12-month period.
By country, Germany remained Türkiye’s largest export market for machinery, with exports increasing by 14.1 percent to 1.1 billion dollars. Machinery exports to the United States surged by 39.5 percent, reaching 767 million dollars, while exports to Italy grew by 12.7 percent to 442 million dollars, allowing the country to maintain its position as the third-largest market. In contrast, Iraq, Russia, and Poland were among the major markets that recorded the sharpest declines. In terms of product groups, internal combustion engines and their components ranked first with exports of 867 million dollars, followed by construction and mining machinery at 629 million dollars and pumps and compressors at 530 million dollars. Turbines, turbojets, and hydraulic cylinders recorded the strongest growth among subsectors, rising by 40.1 percent, while leather processing machinery experienced the steepest decline, falling by 52.2 percent.
