At press conference in Istanbul, President Erdogan announces export record broken in 2021

President Erdogan held a press conference in Istanbul and shared important figures regarding exports of Turkey in 2021

Erdoğan said following: “With the reforms we have implemented, we have managed to free the Turkish economy from the shackles and its democracy from the chains of guardianship. We have developed and strengthened our country with transparent and predictable policies. This is what is hidden under the success of Turkey, especially in the last 2 years. Turkey has become a country that turns crises into opportunities.”

The President went on to share following as well: I am proud to express it now; our total exports in 2021 amounted to 225 billion 368 million dollars, an increase of 32.9 percent compared to last year. This is a record. We have increased our foreign trade volume from just $87.6 billion in 2002 to $496.7 billion in 2021.

While number of companies exporting more than 1 billion dollars was 33 thousand, this number has increased to 101 thousand 386. Earlier, when we had only 5 provinces exporting more than $ 1 billion, this number increased to 21. During this period, our exports increased by 86.6 percent to South America, 29 percent to non-EU European countries, 22.6 percent to Near and Middle Eastern countries, and 44.8 percent to North African countries.

We are revising our 2022 export target to USD250 billion.