Commenting on export figures of the chemicals industry in June, Chairman of Board of the Istanbul Chemicals and Chemical Products Exporters’ Assembly (İKMİB), Adil Pelister said: “As the chemical industry, our chemicals and chemical products exports in June reached 2.3 billion dollars in value. There was a decline in both our general and industry exports due to the loss of working days during the Eid al-Adha holiday. On the other hand, factors such as disruptions in global supply chains and increases in production and logistics 
costs affect our export performance. While the exports of our chemical industry decreased by 6.5 percent in June, it increased by nearly 8 percent considering the six-month period. Our industry managed to get a 12 percent share of the national exports in June, maintaining its second place among the highest exporting sectors. Our exports in the period between January and June exceeded 15 billion dollars and reached 15.8 billion dollars. We note the importance of the chemical industry when we look at the top 10 most powerful states in the world. Our chemicals industry, which has strategic importance for the growth of our country and the development of the economy, ranks first among both Turkiye’s top 500 largest industrial enterprises and the top 1000 exporters. As İKMİB, we support our companies for the development and stable growth of our industry, meticulously consider their suggestions and help solve their problems. As İKMİB, we will continue to work with all our strength to help our exporters overcome the difficulties they face.”
“Plastics and products” was the highest exported product group in June
Plastics and products became the highest exported chemicals and products product group in June with an export value of 650 million 819 thousand dollars. The second group was mineral fuels and products with an export value of 575 million 723 thousand dollars while inorganic chemicals occupied the third place with an export value of 199 million 77 thousand dollars. ‘Inorganic chemicals’ were followed by ‘essential oils, cosmetics and soap’, ‘pharmaceuticals,’ ‘paint, varnish, ink, and products,’, ‘rubber, rubber products’, ‘miscellaneous chemical agents,’ ‘organic chemicals,’ and ‘cleaning products’ in the top ten.
USA was the highest receiver of exports in June
USA was the highest receiver of exports in June with 187.5 million dollars of export value. The top ten receiver of exports in June were USA, Holland, Russia, Romania, Italy, Spain, Germany, Iraq, England, and Egypt. The highest increase in June among the top 10 countries was achieved to Holland with 55.67 percent.
Monthly chemicals export in 2024
| MONTH | 2023 VALUE ($) | 2024 VALUE ($) | DIFFERENCE (%) |
| January | 2,299,006,935.24 | 2,366,127,401.07 | 2.92% |
| February | 2,261,989,687.76 | 2,614,407,064.28 | 15.58% |
| March | 2,879,966,044.93 | 3,068,826,954.15 | 6.56% |
| April | 2,381,551,990.52 | 2,496,106,495.53 | 4.81% |
| May | 2,438,879,700.49 | 3,033,502,530.00 | 24.38% |
| June | 2,383,592,592.98 | 2,227,232,875.81 | -6.56% |
| TOTAL | 14,644,986,952 | 15,806,203,321 | 7.93% |
Highest receivers of Turkish chemicals exports in June 2024
| NUMBER | Country | JUNE 2023 VALUE ($) | JUNE 2024 VALUE ($) | DIFFERENCE (%) |
| 1 | USA | 178,151,763.02 | 187,567,435.13 | 5.29% |
| 2 | HOLLAND | 104,300,366.62 | 162,366,023.03 | 55.67% |
| 3 | RUSSI | 138,094,398.25 | 107,019,802.16 | -22.50% |
| 4 | ROMANIA | 89,657,895.30 | 96,617,371.41 | 7.76% |
| 5 | ITALY | 100,749,905.65 | 95,628,783.66 | -5.08% |
| 6 | SPAIN | 142,444,671.30 | 89,044,431.72 | -37.49% |
| 7 | GERMAN | 101,582,695.39 | 86,588,823.14 | -14.76% |
| 8 | IRAQ | 90,647,308.89 | 74,949,282.25 | -17.32% |
| 9 | ENGLAND | 65,022,867.96 | 64,623,572.77 | -0.61% |
| 10 | EGYPT | 42,248,661.36 | 60,445,726.28 | 43.07% |
Sub-industry of chemicals exports in June 2024
| 2023 -2024 | |||
| JUNE 2023 | JUNE 2024 | % DIFFERENCE | |
| PRODUCT GROUP | (VALUE $) | (VALUE $) | VALUE |
| PLASTICS AND PRODUCTS | 729,354,680 | 650,819,574 | -10.77% |
| MINERAL FUELS, MINERAL OILS AND PRODUCTS | 537,098,006 | 575,723,437 | 7.19% |
| INORGANIC CHEMICALS | 243,445,800 | 199,077,020 | -18.23% |
| ESSENTIAL OILS, COSMETICS AND SOAP | 164,288,264 | 141,183,823 | -14.06% |
| PHARMACEUTICALS | 130,697,931 | 123,888,041 | -5.21% |
| PAINT, VARNISH, INK AND THEIR PRODUCTS | 124,382,567 | 119,828,983 | -3.66% |
| RUBBER, RUBBER PRODUCTS | 134,519,748 | 113,632,182 | -15.53% |
| MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCTS | 96,472,566 | 80,499,620 | -16.56% |
| ORGANIC CHEMICALS | 79,875,758 | 64,855,601 | -18.80% |
| CLEANING PRODUCTS | 67,773,666 | 62,142,817 | -8.31% |
| FERTILIZERS | 29,625,707 | 58,958,724 | 99.01% |
| ADHESIVES, GLUES, ENZYMES | 42,967,428 | 33,894,677 | -21.12% |
| GUNPOWDER, EXPLOSIVES AND THEIR PRODUCTS | 1,577,307 | 1,567,200 | -0.64% |
| PHOTOGRAPHY AND CINEMATOGRAPHY PRODUCTS | 1,309,266 | 940,620 | -28.16% |
| GLYCERIN, HERBAL PRODUCTS, DEGRAS, FATTY PRODUCTS | 195,918 | 213,801 | 9.13% |
| PROCESSED AMIANT AND MIXTURES, PRODUCTS | 7,980 | 6,756 | -15.34% |
| TOTAL | 2,383,592,593 | 2,227,232,876 | -6.56% |
