Year over year, the overall cost of goods imported into Türkiye rose 6.2% from $344 billion for 2024.
Based on the average exchange rate for 2025, the Turkish lira depreciated by -78.1% against the US dollar since 2021 and fell by -16.8% from 2024 to 2025. Türkiye’s weaker local currency makes Turkish imports paid for in stronger US dollars relatively more expensive when converted starting from the Turkish lira.
Domestically, Türkiye’s inflation rate specific to average consumer prices expanded by 35.928% in 2025 down from the 58.506% inflation rate for 2024.
Among the products on which Türkiye spent the most were unwrought gold, cars, processed petroleum oils, automobile parts or accessories, and iron or steel scrap. Collectively, that quintet of leading imports represents over one-fifth (21.4%) of Turkish import spending in 2025.
Türkiye’s Best Suppliers for Imports
The latest available country-specific data shows that 62.4% of products exported from Türkiye was furnished by exporters in: mainland China (13.6% of the Turkish total), Russia (11.6%), Germany (8.2%), United States (4.9%), Switzerland (4.31%), Italy (also 4.31%), France (3.5%), South Korea (2.81%), Spain (2.78%), United Arab Emirates (2.65%), United Kingdom (2%) and India (1.7%).
Applying a continental lens, over half (50.9%) of Türkiye’s total imports by value in 2025 were purchased from fellow European countries. Asian trade partners supplied almost four-fifths (37.4%) of import sales to buyers in Türkiye while another 6.2% worth of goods originated from North America.
Smaller percentages came from suppliers in Africa (3.6%), Latin America (1.4%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, then Oceania (0.5%) led by Australia, Marshall Islands and New Zealand.
Given Türkiye’s population of 86 million in 2025, and the total US$365.4 billion in import purchases, the per capita value of Turkish imports was $4,250. That dollar amount surpasses the average $4,000 one year earlier in 2024.
Türkiye’s Top 10 Imports
The following product groups represent the highest dollar value in Türkiye’s import purchases during 2025. Also shown is the percentage share each product category represents in terms of overall imports into Türkiye.
- Mineral fuels including oil: US$62.5 billion (17.1% of total imports)
- Machinery including computers: $41.6 billion (11.4%)
- Vehicles: $36.9 billion (10.1%)
- Electrical machinery, equipment: $30 billion (8.2%)
- Gems, precious metals: $28.1 billion (7.7%)
- Iron, steel: $22.2 billion (6.1%)
- Plastics, plastic articles: $15.6 billion (4.3%)
- Organic chemicals: $8.9 billion (2.4%)
- Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $7.7 billion (2.1%)
- Copper: $7.5 billion (2.1%)
Türkiye’s top 10 imports approached three-quarters (71.4%) of the overall value of its product purchases from other countries.
Gainers for Türkiye’s top imported products from 2024 to 2025 were the copper (up 24.6%), vehicles (up 16.4%) and optical, technical and medical apparatus (up 13.9%) product categories.
The year-over-year decreases were for Turkish imports of organic chemicals (down -5.5% from 2024) and mineral fuels including oil (down -4.8%).
Please note that the results listed above are at the 2-digit Harmonized Tariff System code level. Information presented under the sections below is at the more granular 4-digit level.
Türkiye’s Main Imports of Mineral Fuels
In 2025, Turkish importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of fossil fuel-related products.
- Processed petroleum oils: US$17.6 billion (down -16% from 2024)
- Coal, solid fuels made from coal: $4.6 billion (down -7.9%)
- Petroleum gases: $1.9 billion (down -11.7%)
- Petroleum oil residues: $724.8 million (down -16.6%)
- Coke, semi-coke: $215.2 million (down -53.3%)
- Coal tar oils (high temperature distillation): $91.3 million (up 6.1%)
- Electrical energy: $81.9 million (down -50.7%)
- Petroleum jelly, mineral waxes: $76.9 million (up 9.1%)
- Peat: $22.9 million (up 8.7%)
- Tar pitch, coke: $6.5 million (up 14.6%)
Among these import subcategories, Turkish purchases of tar pitch and coke (up 14.6%), petroleum jelly and mineral waxes (up 9.1%) then peat (up 8.7%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.
These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of fossil fuel-related imports among Turkish businesses and consumers.
Türkiye’s Main Imports of Machinery Products
In 2025, Turkish importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of machines including computers.
- Computers, optical readers: US$3.6 billion (up 18.5% from 2024)
- Engines (diesel): $3.1 billion (up 16.2%)
- Taps, valves, similar appliances: $2.2 billion (up 10.4%)
- Centrifuges, filters and purifiers: $1.84 billion (up 2.1%)
- Miscellaneous machinery: $1.78 billion (down -3.1%)
- Air or vacuum pumps: $1.77 billion (up 5.3%)
- Turbo-jets: $1.76 billion (up 11.1%)
- Heavy machinery (bulldozers, excavators, road rollers): $1.67 billion (up 20.7%)
- Liquid pumps and elevators: $1.6 billion (up 4%)
- Piston engines: $1.5 billion (down -5.3%)
Among these import subcategories, Turkish purchases of heavy machinery such as bulldozers, excavators and road rollers (up 20.7%), computers and optical readers (up 18.5%) then diesel engines (up 16.2%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.
These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of machinery-related imports among Turkish businesses and consumers.
Türkiye’s Main Imports of Vehicles
In 2025, Turkish importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of vehicles.
- Cars: US$22.3 billion (up 26% from 2024)
- Automobile parts/accessories: $8.1 billion (up 13.2%)
- Trucks: $3.2 billion (up 15.8%)
- Tractors: $1.5 billion (down -6.9%)
- Motorcycles: $477.1 million (down -53.1%)
- Trailers: $328.7 million (down -3.6%)
- Motorcycle parts/accessories: $244.2 million (down -34.4%)
- Special purpose vehicles: $209.7 million (down -0.3%)
- Public-transport vehicles: $209.6 million (down -17.9%)
- Work trucks: $36.2 million (up 32.8%)
Among these import subcategories, Turkish purchases of work trucks (up 32.8%), cars (up 26%) then trucks (up 15.8%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.
These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported vehicles among Turkish businesses and consumers.
Türkiye’s Main Imports of Electrical Items
In 2025, Turkish importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of electrical items including consumer electronics.
- Phone devices including smartphones: US$5.2 billion (up 10.1% from 2024)
- Electric storage batteries: $2.3 billion (up 34.6%)
- Electrical/optical circuit boards, panels: $2.1 billion (up 13.7%)
- Insulated wire/cable: $1.93 billion (up 17.9%)
- Lower-voltage switches, fuses: $1.85 billion (up 11.1%)
- Electrical converters/power units: $1.8 billion (up 5%)
- Electric motors, generators: $1.4 billion (up 12.3%)
- Electric generating sets, converters: $1 billion (up 8.5%)
- Electric water heaters, hair dryers: $988.2 million (up 2%)
- Solar power diodes/semi-conductors: $928.7 million (up 1.5%)
Among these import subcategories, Turkish purchases of electric storage batteries (up 34.6%), insulated wire or cable (up 17.9%) then electrical or optical circuit boards and panels (up 13.7%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.
These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported electrical items including consumer electronics among Turkish businesses and consumers.
See also Top Turkish Trade Balances, Türkiye’s Top 10 Exports and Türkiye’s Top Trading Partners
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook: Country Profiles. Accessed on March 13, 2026
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on March 13, 2026
X-rates.com, Exchange Rates: Turkish Lira to US Dollar (monthly average 2025). Accessed on March 13, 2026