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Focus Business Türkiye
2024 年 6 月号概要
 5 月の輸出は 241 億ドルで史上最高を更新
 トルコ経済は 2024 年第一四半期 5.7％成長
 電子商取引量は 2023 年比倍以上増加
 クリーンエネルギーへの投資額は化石燃料の 2 倍に
 クルーズ船の旅客数、4 ヶ月で 10％増加
 6 月、7 月トルコナショナルパビリオンとして出展する海外展示会一覧

駐日トルコ共和国大使館商務部
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TEL: +81-3-3470-6723
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Contents:
In May, Türkiye Broke All-Time Export Records with $24.1
BillionTurkish Economy Grows 5.7% in Q1 2024
Türkiye's E-Commerce Volume More than Doubled in 2023
Investment in Clean Energy This Year is Set to be Twice theAmount Going to Fossil Fuels
Cruise Ship Passenger Traffic Up 10 Percent in Four
MonthsTürkiye’s National Participations at Exhibitions
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NEWSIn May, Türkiye Broke All-Time Export Records with $24.1 Billion
Türkiye set an all-time monthly export record in May with $24.1 billion. The five-month export total
for January-May reached $106.9 billion.
The May foreign trade data wasannounced in Istanbul by Minister ofTrade Ömer Bolat and Türkiye Exporters'
Assembly (TİM) Chairman MustafaGültepe.
TİM Chairman Gültepe expressed thatthe surge in May exports, after generally
stable trends in the first four months,
was a great morale boost. Highlighting
the significance of this achievement
despite ongoing contraction in laborintensive sectors, Gültepe continued:“According to the General Trade System (GTS) records, we broke the all-time monthly export record
in May with $24.1 billion, an 11.4% increase compared to the same month last year. Our five-monthexport for January-May increased by 4.5% to $106.9 billion. According to our Service Exporters'
Association, we estimate service exports in May to be around $9 billion.
For detailed information, please visit TİM website.

Turkish Economy Grows 5.7% in Q1 2024
In the first quarter of 2024, Türkiye demonstrated impressive economic performance, securing its
position among the fastest-growing economies worldwide. According to recent data from TurkStat,
Türkiye's year-on-year GDP growth rate reached 5.7%, placing it ahead of many other emerging
markets.

Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek emphasized Türkiye's progress, stating, "With ourrational, predictable, and rule-based policies, our economy is moving toward more balanced andsustainable growth."1

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Furthermore, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Türkiye fell to 8.7% in Q1 2024, marking
the lowest level in 44 quarters. This decline in unemployment underscores the effectiveness of thegovernment's policies in fostering employment and economic stability.
Şimşek expressed optimism about the future, saying, " With more favorable external conditions andmoderate domestic demand in the second half of the year, we anticipate that net external demand
will positively contribute to economic growth." Şimşek added that Türkiye's economic program isdesigned to support a rebalanced growth composition, reduce the current account deficit, boost
confidence, improve expectations, and accelerate international resource inflows—all critical fordisinflation.
As Türkiye continues to implement these strategic policies, the outlook for sustained economic growthand stability appears promising. The Turkish government remains committed to achieving its long-term
economic goals, ensuring a prosperous future for the country.
For the source of information, please click here.

SECTORS
Türkiye's E-Commerce Volume More than Doubled in 2023
The volume of e-commerce in Türkiye has surged 115.5 percent from the prior year to 1.85 trillion
Turkish liras ($79.4 billion) in 2023, according to a report from the Trade Ministry. The number oftransactions rose 22.3 percent at an annualised pace to 5.87 billion units last year, said the report,
titled Outlook of E-Commerce in Türkiye, on Monday.
Revenue in Türkiye's e-commerce market is
expected to hit $109.4 billion this year andthe number of transactions is projected toreach 6.67 billion units. The ratio of ecommerce volume to general trade volume
posted a significant hike in recent years, from
10.1 percent in 2019 to 20.3 percent in 2023.
The e-commerce volume to gross domestic
product (GDP) ratio also surged 33.3 percent
year-on-year to 6.8 percent in 2023.
More than half of e-commerce volume last year or 51 percent consisted of goods trade and 49 percent
consisted of service trade, the report said. White goods and small home appliances took the largest
share from the e-commerce volume with $10 billion, the electronics sector with $5.8 billion and theclothing, shoes and accessories sectors with 127 billion liras $5.41 billion.
For the source of information, please visit TRTWorld website.

Investment in Clean Energy This Year is Set to be Twice the Amount Going to Fossil Fuels
Global spending on clean energy technologies and infrastructure on track to hit $2 trillion in 2024 evenas higher financing costs hinder new projects, notably in emerging and developing economies. Despitepressures on financing, global investment in clean energy is set to reach almost double the amountgoing to fossil fuels in 2024, helped by improving supply chains and lower costs for clean technologies,
according to a new IEA report.

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Total energy investment worldwide is expected to exceed $3 trillion in 2024 for the first time, withsome $2 trillion set to go toward clean technologies – including renewables, electric vehicles, nuclear
power, grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, efficiency improvements and heat pumps – according tothe latest edition of the IEA’s annual World Energy Investment report. The remainder, slightly over $1trillion, is going to coal, gas and oil. In 2023, combined investment in renewable power and grids
overtook the amount spent on fossil fuels for the first time.
The new report warns, however, that there are still major imbalances and shortfalls in energy
investment flows in many parts of the world. It highlights the low level of clean energy spending inemerging and developing economies (outside China), which is set to exceed $300 billion for the firsttime – led by India and Brazil. Yet, this accounts for only about 15% of global clean energy investment,
far below what is required to meet growing energy demand in many of these countries, where the highcost of capital is holding back the development of new projects.
For the full article, please visit IEA website.

Cruise Ship Passenger Traffic Up 10 Percent in Four Months
Cruise ships brought more than 135,000
holidaymakers to Turkish ports in the first
four months of 2024, marking a 10 percent
increase from a year ago.In January-April
last year, around 123,000 cruise shippassengers visited the country’s ports. Thecruise ship traffic at Turkish ports rose 5
percent in the first four months this year to123, data from the Transport Ministryshowed.
The port of Kuşadası on the Aegean coast
was the busiest as it received 67 ships with
82,000 passengers. Some 23 cruise ships

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Focus Business Türkiye, June 2024with more than 26,000 travelers visited Istanbul in the January-April period, making it the secondbusiest destination, followed by the port in the Aegean province of İzmir with 6 ships and some 8,000passengers.
Last year, 1,192 cruise ships visited Türkiye’s ports with more than 1.5 million passengers. Meanwhile,data from the provincial directorate of culture and tourism showed that foreign tourist arrivals inIstanbul surged 10 percent in the first four months of 2024 compared with the same period of 2023 to5.24 million. Russians constituted the largest group of international holidaymakers, according to data.
From January to April, 167,800 Russian nationals visited Istanbul. Germans and Iranians came second
and third at 109,000 and 80,000, respectively. Some 68,000 Americans and 62,000 French vacationed
in Istanbul in the first four months of the year.
More than 1 million foreign tourists arrived at Istanbul Airport, while 395,000 holidaymakers entered
the city through Sabiha Gökçen Airport. In April alone the number of foreign tourists visiting themegacity grew 15 percent annually to 1.4 million.
For the source of information, please click here.

EVENTS
Türkiye’s National Participations in Exhibitions
Turkish companies from various sectors will participate in the exhibitions listed below:
EXHIBITIONJEWELLERY&GEM ASIA
HONG KONG

DATE

SECTORPLACEJun 20-23, 2024

Jewellery

Hong, Kong, China

Jul 3-5, 2024

Food and Food
Technologies
General Trade
Building andConstruction
Products
Automotive
Textile, Confection,
Readywear
Textile, Confection,
Readywear
Textile, Confection,
Readywear
Agriculture

Kazan, Russian Fed.

Jul 10-12, 2024

Automotive

Mexico City, Mexico

SUMMER FANCY FOOD

Jun 23-25, 2024

FIA

Jun 24-29, 2024

THE BIG5 CONSTRUCTEGYPT

Jun 25-27, 2024

MOTORTEC CHILETEXWORLD EVOLUTIONPARISPREMIERE VISION PARIS(MANUFACTURING)
PREMIERE VISION PARIS(FABRICS)AGROVOLGAINA PAACE
AUTOMECHANIKA MEXICOCITYJun 27-29, 2024

PURE LONDON

Jul 14-16, 2024

PREMIERE VISION

Jul 16-17, 2024

FUNTIONAL FABRIC

Jul 16-17, 2024

MALAYSIAN INTL. FOOD &BEVERAGE

Jul 17-19, 2024

Jul 1-3, 2024
Jul 2-4, 2024
Jul 2-4, 2024

Textile, Confection,
Readywear
Textile, Confection,
Readywear
Textile, Confection,
Readywear
Food and Food
Technologies

New York, USA
Alger, Algeria
Cairo, Egypt
Santiago, Chile
Paris, FranceParis, FranceParis, FranceLondon, UK
New York, USA
New York, USA
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia

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MAREDEMARE

Jul 20-22, 2024

IRAN PLEXJul 20-23, 2024

FARNBOROUGHINTERNATIONAL AIRSHOWJul 22-26, 2024

Textile, Confection,
Readywear
Agriculture, Dairy
Products
Aviation

Florance, Italy
Tehran, IranFarnborough, UK

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For your inquiries about Turkish exports,
please contact << ihrticari@trade.gov.tr >> by indicating
the Harmonized System (HS) Code of the product/sector of your interest.

Warning: This bulletin is prepared by Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Trade General Directorate of Exports only for information purposes, bymaking use of public resources which are assumed to be reliable. Ministry of Trade does not accept the liability of harms and losses that may
result from the utilization of information included in this bulletin.

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