22 transformation, with their share in Turkish EU-destined exports increasing from 47 percent in 2000 to 56 percent in 2004. Furthermore, the shares of exports to the EU of Turkey’s top 20 exporters (71 percent) tend to be much higher than the average share of the EU in total exports (60 percent). Leaving aside clothing, this applies in particular to technologically more sophisticated sectors exporting automotive parts, electronics, etc. EU markets take 91 percent of motor vehicles for transport of goods, 90 percent of Turkey’s exports of television receivers and 80 percent of parts of piston engines. Exports of household refrigerators, whose value of exports increased 2.7 times, expanded more to other markets following their success in EU markets, whose share fell from 80 percent in 2000 to 73 percent in 2003. The same pattern can be observed in the case of passenger motor cars.

**Table 11:** _Top twenty four-digit SITC exporters to the EU in 2004: exports, ranking, share in total and percentage of exports going to the EU in 2000 and 2004 (in percent and millions of US dollars)_

|||Expor<br>milli|ts ($ on)|2004<br>Index|Export|share|Ran|king|Share<br>in Ex|of EU<br> ports|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|SITC4|Product|2000|2004|2000=100|2000|2004|2000|2004|2000|2004|
||Passenger motor cars, for||||||||||
|7810|<br>transport<br>Under garments, knitted of|491|2,838|578|2.9|8.0|6|1|84|76|
|8462|<br>cotton|1,046|2,351|225|6.2|6.6|1|2|72|82|
|7611|Television receivers<br>Motor vehicles for|768|1,971|256|4.6|5.6|3|3|90|91|
|7821|transport of goods|37|1,484|4,022|0.2|4.2|84|4|78|89|
|8439|Other outer garments<br>Jerseys pull-overs|729|1,399|192|4.3|4.0|4|5|64|73|
|8451|, ,<br>twinsets, cardigans<br>Other outer arments &|870|1,155|133|5.2|3.3|2|6|83|79|
|8459|g<br>clothing<br>Other parts & accessories|593|1,111|187|3.5|3.1|5|7|73|75|
|7849|<br>of motor vehicles<br>Bed linen table linen toilet|379|1,044|276|2.3|3.0|9|8|62|64|
|6584|, ,<br>& kitchen<br>Trousers breeches etc. of|461|888|193|2.7|2.5|7|9|74|66|
|8423|,<br>textile fabrics|431|747|173|2.6|2.1|8|10|71|66|
|8472|Clothing accessories<br>Fruit otherwise prepared|257|603|235|1.5|1.7|13|11|92|83|
|0589|<br>or preserved<br>Parts of internal|203|561|276|1.2|1.6|19|12|83|83|
||combustible piston||||||||||
|7139|<br>engines<br>Under garments knitted|189|554|293|1.1|1.6|20|13|76|77|
|8463|, ,<br>of synthetic|311|538|173|1.9|1.5|11|14|91|87|
|6732|Bars & rods, of iron/steel|159|429|270|0.9|1.2|22|15|20|25|
|0577|Edible nuts<br>Inslated electwire cable|375|421|112|2.2|1.2|10|16|81|78|
|7731|u ., ,<br>bars, strings<br>Household type|278|396|142|1.7|1.1|12|17|61|49|
|7752|<br>refrigerators<br>Public-service te|157|395|251|0.9|1.1|24|18|81|70|
|7831|yp<br>passenger motor<br>Oh i f|206|389|189|1.2|1.1|18|19|21|42|
|6783|ter tubes and ppes, o<br>ironorsteel|158|351|223|0.9|1.0|23|20|63|56|
||All aboveproducts|8,097|19,626|242|48.2|55.5|||69|71|
|0 to 9|Allgoods|16,803|35,378|211|100|100|||55|55|

Source: Derived from the UN COMTRADE database as reported by the EU.

The composition of exports of top-twenty performers in terms of technology content and natural resource intensity also points to significant realignment in Turkish export offer. The share