Türkiye eyes $8B e-export target by 2025 with 25% growth projection: Trade Ministry

Turkish trade ministry announced that Türkiye’s e-exports grew 27% in 2024, reaching $6.4 billion, and are projected to hit $8 billion with 25% growth by the end of 2025.

According to a statement from the ministry on Thursday, support packages worth ₺320 million ($8.78 million) were provided to various businesses to boost exporters’ share of global trade in the field of e-exports.

“In this context, we added the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia, members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation with high e-export potential, to the list of target countries, and provided an additional 20% support for activities in these countries,” it added.

Aim for 10% e-exports share by 2028

To facilitate companies’ entry into China, the world leader in e-commerce, Türkiye also introduced marketplace commission support.

As part of its “Far Countries Strategy,” commission expenses for top marketplaces in the U.S. and Canada that operate in the personalized products and automotive spare parts sectors were included in the support.

“We will continue to contribute to the strengthening of our country in the global e-commerce ecosystem by organizing the Istanbul Global E-Export Summit (IGEXX) in 2025 as well, which last September brought together expert speakers in the field of e-commerce and brought our companies together with more than 30 global marketplaces in Istanbul,” it added.

The target for e-exports’ share in the total goods exports in 2028 is set to be 10%, as the share of Turkish e-exports in the total goods exports in 2024 was 2.6%, up from 2.12% in 2023.