Turkey’s ceramic products trade volume reached 6 billion 833 million dollars in 5 years.
According to the information compiled by the AA correspondent from the data of the Turkish Statistical Institute, Turkish ceramic products, which also contain traces of the cultural heritage of Anatolia, are exported to approximately 170 countries, including Azerbaijan, the USA, Germany, Morocco, Senegal and Mexico.
Turkey’s ceramic product exports increased by 7.4 percent in 2019 compared to the previous year, reaching 1 billion 159 million dollars. Türkiye made the most foreign sales to Germany with 153 million 576 thousand dollars. This figure corresponded to 13.2 percent of total exports. In exports, Germany was followed by the USA with 115.1 million dollars, the United Kingdom with 102.5 million dollars, Israel with 81.7 million dollars and France with 71.4 million dollars.
Imports of ceramic products decreased by 12.7 percent to 298 million 990 thousand dollars last year. China took the first place in the import of these products with 131 million 371 thousand dollars. China was followed by Germany with 38 million 857 thousand dollars, India with 21 million 81 thousand dollars and Italy with 16 million 922 thousand dollars.
China’s share in imports was 43.9 percent, Germany’s share was 12.9 percent, India’s share was 7 percent and Italy’s share was 5.6 percent.
In the last 5-year period, Turkey’s ceramic product exports were recorded as 4 billion 969 million dollars. In the same period, 1 billion 864 million dollars of imports were made. Thus, Turkey’s total ceramic products trade volume reached 6 billion 833 million dollars.
While Turkey’s ceramic product exports followed a constantly rising trend in the last 5 years, the downward trend in imports continued.
Exports of ceramic products were 875 million 396 thousand dollars in 2015, 884 million 908 thousand dollars in 2016, 969 million 797 thousand dollars in 2017, and 1 billion 79 million dollars in 2018. In the same years, imports were recorded as 508 million 564 thousand dollars, 374 million 54 thousand dollars, 339 million 825 thousand dollars and 342 million 634 thousand dollars, respectively.
