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Medium- and high-tech goods make up 58.4% of Türkiye free zone exports
Türkiye’s 19 free zones exported $9.8 billion worth of goods from January through September 2026, up 6.3% from a year earlier.
These zones are areas where companies operate under special trade rules, and they are home to 1,930 companies, including 466 foreign firms.
Medium- and high-tech goods made up 58.4% of exports, a sign that the products sold abroad are becoming more technologically advanced.
Exports were greater than imports, with the export-to-import coverage ratio at 159.7% for the nine-month period.
All 19 zones remained net exporters, and exports made up 76.1% of their total sales.
The zones provided direct jobs for 88,007 people, and the Trade Ministry said the changing mix of exports supports Türkiye’s value-added export targets.
Medium- and high-tech goods made up 58.4 percent of exports from Türkiye’s 19 free zones in the first nine months of 2026.
Exports from the zones rose 6.3 percent year on year to $9.8 billion in the January-September period.
In September, exports increased 14.8 percent year on year to $1.15 billion.
All 19 free zones remained net exporters, according to the Trade Ministry.
The zones had 88,007 direct employees and were home to 1,930 companies.
- Who
- Türkiye’s 19 free zones and the companies operating in them.
- What
- Medium- and high-tech goods accounted for 58.4 percent of free zone exports in the first nine months of 2026.
- When
- The first nine months of 2026; the ministry also reported September export figures.
- Where
- Türkiye’s free zones.
- Why
- The ministry said the higher share of medium- and high-tech goods contributed to Türkiye’s value-added export targets.
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Exports from the free zones rose 6.3 percent year on year to $9.8 billion.
Exports from the free zones rose 14.8 percent year on year to $1.15 billion.
- Free zones
- 19
- January-September exports
- $9.8 billion
- September exports
- $1.15 billion
- Medium- and high-tech share
- 58.4 percent
- Direct employment
- 88,007 people