In September this year, Turkey’s motor vehicle sales totaled 100,966 units, up by 11.7 percent compared to August and increasing by 52.3 percent year on year, according to the monthly statistics released by the Turkish Automotive Manufacturers’ Association (OSD). In the same month, Turkey’s passenger car sales totaled 78,971 units, up 76.7 percent year on year. Meanwhile, in the January-September period of this year, Turkey’s motor vehicle sales amounted to 894,663 units, growing by 62.8 percent on year-on-year basis.
In the nine months of the current year, Turkey’s motor vehicle exports totaled 733,956 units, up 6.7 percent, while passenger car exports increased by 19.5 percent to 473,850 units, both year on year. In the same period, the country exported 207,755 small trucks, down 15.3 percent year on year. In the given period, revenues from total motor vehicle and component exports advanced by 15.6 percent to $26.19 billion, while the revenues from passenger car exports totaled $7.91 billion, rising by 23.6 percent, both on year-on-year basis.
In September, Turkey’s total motor vehicle imports amounted to 64,783 units, down by 2.6 percent month on month and rising by 79.3 percent year on year, while passenger car imports totaled 52,529 units, up by 1.7 percent compared to the previous month and 84.2 percent year on year. In the January-September period of this year, the country’s total motor vehicle imports amounted to 567,864 units, moving up by 86.7 percent, while passenger car imports totaled 452.028 units, increasing by 84.3 percent, both compared to the same periods of 2022.