Türkiye’s free zones set export record of $7.7 billion in first seven months
Exports from Türkiye’s 19 free zones rose 6.9 percent year-on-year to a record $7.7 billion in the January-July period.
In a statement, the Trade Ministry said that Türkiye broke its all-time export record in July, noting that exports from free zones increased 11.3 percent in the month to $1.152 billion and remained above the $1 billion threshold.
The ministry noted that the export-to-import coverage ratios of the free zones reached 160.9 percent in the January-July period and stood at 152.5 percent in July. It underlined that these ratios strengthened the net exporter structure and global competitiveness of the country’s 19 free zones.
The statement said the share of exports in total sales from the free zones rose to 76.8 percent in the January-July period, reaching the highest seven-month level on record.
