{"id":113306,"date":"2026-03-06T13:32:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automotive.einnews.com\/article\/897651851"},"modified":"2026-03-06T13:32:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:32:48","slug":"germany-tops-turkish-automotive-export-market-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/germany-tops-turkish-automotive-export-market-in-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany tops Turkish automotive export market in February"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>ISTANBUL<\/h5>\n<p><img data-opt-id=758893364  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static.hurriyetdailynews.com\/images\/placeholder-img.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static.hurriyetdailynews.com\/images\/placeholder-img.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static.hurriyetdailynews.com\/images\/placeholder-img.jpg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static.hurriyetdailynews.com\/images\/placeholder-img.jpg?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static.hurriyetdailynews.com\/images\/placeholder-img.jpg?ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static.hurriyetdailynews.com\/images\/placeholder-img.jpg?ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static.hurriyetdailynews.com\/images\/placeholder-img.jpg?ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static.hurriyetdailynews.com\/images\/placeholder-img.jpg?ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static.hurriyetdailynews.com\/images\/placeholder-img.jpg?ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static.hurriyetdailynews.com\/images\/placeholder-img.jpg?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static.hurriyetdailynews.com\/images\/placeholder-img.jpg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static.hurriyetdailynews.com\/images\/placeholder-img.jpg?ssl=1\" data-src=\"\/\/image.hurimg.com\/i\/hurriyet\/75\/0x0\/69aa799fa802d8e3476245b5.jpg\" alt=\"Germany tops Turkish automotive export market in February\"> <\/p>\n<p><a title=\"T\u00fcrkiye\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/index\/turkiye\">T\u00fcrkiye<\/a>\u2019s <a title=\"Automotive \" href=\"https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/index\/automotive\">automotive <\/a>industry, the country\u2019s leading export sector, achieved its highest-ever February sales, reaching $3.54 billion, according to the Uluda\u011f Automotive Industry Exporters\u2019 Association (O\u0130B).<\/p>\n<p>This marks a 19 percent increase compared to the same month last year, giving the sector a 16.8 percent share of T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s total <a title=\"Exports\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/index\/exports\">exports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Germany\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/index\/germany\">Germany<\/a> was the largest market, with exports totaling $544 million. France followed with a sharp 45 percent increase to $459 million, while Italy ranked third with $338 million, up 31 percent year-on-year.<\/p>\n<p>On a regional basis, exports to European Union countries rose 25 percent to $2.69 billion, underscoring the sector\u2019s strong integration with the European market.<\/p>\n<p>By product group, the \u201csupplier industry\u201d led with $1.35 billion in exports, up 10 percent. Passenger car exports climbed 9 percent to $1 billion, while exports of commercial vehicles for goods transport surged 36 percent to $654 million. Bus, minibus and midibus exports jumped 55 percent to $327 million and tractor-trailer exports rose 48 percent to $172 million.<\/p>\n<p>O\u0130B Chairman Baran \u00c7elik emphasized the milestone achievement: \u201cAs the automotive industry, we recorded the highest February exports in our history, with significant growth across all major product groups. This performance is proof of the Turkish automotive industry\u2019s agility within the global supply chain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\"><a title=\"market \" href=\"https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/search\/market\">market <\/a>, <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\"> <\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\"> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; 54 billion, according to the Uluda\u00c4\u009f <span class=\"match\">Automotive<\/span> Industry Exporters\u00e2\u0080\u0099 Association (O\u00c4\u00b0B). &#8230; \u00c3\u0087elik emphasized the milestone achievement: \u00e2\u0080\u009cAs the <span class=\"match\">automotive<\/span> industry, we recorded the highest &#8230; is proof of the Turkish <span class=\"match\">automotive<\/span> industry\u00e2\u0080\u0099s agility within the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}