The Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) released foreign trade indices for June 2026. The export unit value index rose 12.6% from the same month of the previous year.
Export unit value index rises
Compared with June 2025, the export unit value index rose 5.9% for food, beverages and tobacco, 4.8% for raw materials, 40.7% for fuels and 11.6% for manufacturing.
The import unit value index also increased 12.9% year on year. This index fell 3% for food, beverages and tobacco, while rising 39.3% for fuels, 9.1% for raw materials and 6.6% for manufacturing.
Annual increase in volume indices
The export volume index rose 8.1% in June 2026 compared with the same month of the previous year. The index fell 29.6% for fuels, while rising 19.1% for food, beverages and tobacco, 25.8% for raw materials and 9.7% for manufacturing.
The import volume index recorded a 9% annual increase. The index fell 7.5% for fuels, while rising 46.8% for food, beverages and tobacco, 25.9% for raw materials and 13.9% for manufacturing.
Seasonally and calendar-adjusted series show a different picture
According to the seasonally and calendar-adjusted series, the export volume index fell 5.5% from 147.5 in May to 139.5 in June. In the calendar-adjusted series, the index fell 5.7% from 148.9 in June 2025 to 140.5 in June 2026.
The seasonally and calendar-adjusted import volume index rose 8.3% from 116.3 in May to 126 in June. In the calendar-adjusted series, the index fell 2.5% from 130.9 in June of the previous year to 127.6.
Terms of trade fall to 90.1
The terms of trade, calculated by dividing the export unit value index by the import unit value index, fell 0.2 points from 90.3 in June 2025 to 90.1 in June 2026.