According to data provided by Türkiye Exporters Assembly (TİM) exports of Türkiye increased by 5.2 percent in November compared to the same period of last year and resulted in an export value of 23 billion dollars. The chemicals industry that achieved an export value of 2.8 billion dollars became the second industry to export the most in November and received 12.5 percent share of national exports.
Commenting on export figures of the chemicals industry in November, Chairman of the Board of İstanbul Chemicals and Chemical Products Exporters’ Association (İKMİB) Adil Pelister said: “In November our country achieved an export value of 2.8 billion dollars with a 11.5 percent increase, receiving 12.5 percent share of national exports. Exports made by our industry in January-November period reached 28 billion dollars in value. This has been a challenging year both for our country and for the global economy. We expect that our chemicals industry that still achieved an increasing performance in the last quarter of the year will surpass 30 billion dollars of export value in the end of year. Following the record export value of 33.6 billion dollars we achieved last year, it is very important that we will exceed 30 billion dollars in export value despite all the challenging conditions. We will continue to contribute to increasing exports of our industry and achieving new markets with national exhibition participation, hosted buyer and trade mission organizations, Ur-Ge (Supporting The Development of International Competitiveness) projects we organize as İKMİB.”
“Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products” were the highest exported sub-sector in November
In November exports of mineral fuels, mineral oils, and products among sub-sectors of chemicals and chemical product groups reached 953 million 739 thousand dollars in value and occupied the first place. Plastics and products occupied the second place with exports reaching 784 million 384 thousand dollars in 
value while exports of inorganic chemicals occupied the third place with 209 million 293 thousand dollars in export value. Other sectors in top ten following ‘inorganic chemicals’ were ‘essential oils, cosmetics and soap’, ‘rubber, rubber products’, ‘pharmaceuticals’, ‘paint, varnish, ink and their products’, ‘miscellaneous chemical products’, ‘organic chemicals’ and ‘cleaning products’.
Holland became the highest receiver of exports
The countries that were the highest receiver of exports in November were Holland, Spain, Italy, Russia, Romania, Iraq, Germany, France, Morocco, and USA. The highest increase in November among the top 10 countries was to Morocco with 229.53 percent increase.
The top ten countries that were the highest receiver of exports in January-November 2023 period were Holland, Russia, Italy, Romania, Spain, Germany, USA, Iraq, England, and Belgium.
Monthly chemicals export in 2023
Highest receivers of Turkish chemicals exports in November 2023
Sub-sectors of chemicals exports in November 2023
