Turkey exported $12.13bn (£9.2bn) of automotive supplier products in the first nine months of 2026, up 4 per cent on a year earlier, according to data compiled from the Uludag Automotive Industry Exporters’ Association.
Parts exports rose from $11.66bn in January-September 2025. They went to more than 200 countries, free zones and autonomous regions.
The sector accounted for 39 per cent of the automotive industry’s total exports of $31.14bn over the period.
Germany, the industry’s main market, was the top destination, taking $2.78bn of parts, up 8.31 per cent from $2.57bn.
France was second, with exports rising 11 per cent from $789.6m to $876.8m. The US was third, up 4 per cent from $813.5m to $846.7m.
Exports to fourth-placed Italy jumped 20 per cent from $688.8m to $828.9m, while shipments to Romania, in fifth, fell 17.6 per cent from $746.3m to $615.1m.
Spain was sixth with $614.9m, the UK seventh with $598.3m, Poland eighth with $537.5m, Belgium ninth with $314.4m and the Czech Republic tenth with $310.2m.