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Minister Bolat: Exports hit monthly records in 28 of the past 38 months
Trade Minister Ömer Bolat said in a speech in Kütahya that Türkiye’s exports had reached monthly records in 28 of the past 38 months. Bolat announced that Kütahya’s exports had reached $975 million last year and were expected to exceed $1 billion this year.
Trade Minister Ömer Bolat assessed Türkiye’s export performance, energy production, economic growth and financial support provided to Kütahya in remarks delivered in the province.
Bolat said Türkiye’s exports had hit monthly records in 28 of the past 38 months, while monthly increases had been recorded in 21 of those 38 months. He said exports of goods and services had exceeded $401 billion and added that they expected goods exports to rise further by the end of August.
Statement on energy production and national income
Bolat said Türkiye’s energy production had quadrupled over the past 20 years to reach 340 billion kilowatt-hours, while the share of renewable energy sources in total energy resources had risen to 50%.
Bolat said national income had increased from $238 billion to $1.64 trillion, while exports had risen from $50 billion to more than $401 billion. He also said Türkiye had maintained positive growth for nearly six years, or 23 consecutive quarters.
Kütahya’s exports near $1 billion
Meeting with representatives of civil society organizations at the Zafer Development Agency, Bolat said Kütahya had developed industries based on stone and soil, including ceramics, glass, porcelain and çini. He said Türkiye ranked as the world’s seventh-largest country in this sector.
Bolat said Kütahya’s exports had amounted to $46 million in 2002 and reached $975 million last year, adding that they expected the figure to exceed $1 billion this year. He said Kütahya’s imports stood at around $253 million and that the province’s exports were approximately four times its imports.
Bolat announced that Kütahya had received $82 million in Eximbank financing in 2025 and that support provided in the first seven months of this year had reached $62 million. He said Kütahya had benefited from the Trade Ministry’s export grant programs to the amount of 104 million lira last year and more than 60 million lira in the first seven months of this year.
New financing support for tradespeople
Bolat said tradespeople in Kütahya had received 1.6 billion lira in financing support last year and that the figure had reached 860 million lira as of the end of July this year. He announced that 100 million lira in new financing support for tradespeople would be provided to Kütahya with TESKOMB backing.
Bolat said the per-tradesperson limit for business loans had been raised to 1.5 million lira, while the limit for loans for investment, machinery, equipment and commercial vehicle purchases had been increased to 3.5 million lira. He said the repayment term for investment and commercial vehicle loans had been extended to five years and that for business loans to four years, with installments to be paid every six months.
Bolat also addressed support for women’s cooperatives, saying that grants of up to 1 million lira per cooperative were provided once every four years and that support of up to 430,000 lira was available for one employee for one year.
Investments in Kütahya
Bolat said 114 billion lira in public investment had been made in Kütahya during the AK Party period in education, health, transportation, infrastructure and superstructure. He said Kütahya was located at an important crossroads providing access to Istanbul, İzmir and Ankara, and added that the province was also developing its health tourism sector through its geothermal resources and thermal springs.
Bolat also said the Trade Ministry was responsible for managing 163 customs offices, sectoral regulations in domestic trade, unfair pricing inspections and administrative sanctions. As part of his Kütahya program, the minister visited the Kütahya Governor’s Office and the MHP Kütahya Provincial Directorate before attending a meeting with representatives of civil society organizations.
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