2. 19th-largest nominal GDP
and 13th-largest GDP by
PPP
Republican parliamentary
democracy supporting a
mixed economy
Foreign reserves
of $104.8 billion
Newly
industrialized
countries
Developed
country
7. ECONOMIC FREEDOM STATUS
MODERATELY FREE
The top personal income tax rate is 35 percent, and the top corporate tax rate is 22 percent. Other taxes include
value-added and environment taxes. The overall tax burden equals 24.9 percent of total domestic income
The average applied tariff rate is 3.5 percent, and 335 nontariff measures are in force. Foreign investment is welcome,
but restrictions remain in effect in a number of sectors. Investors face lingering bureaucracy in the regulatory
environment
The financial system is evolving toward greater transparency and competitiveness.
8. Turkey Exports By Category Value Percentage share
Vehicles other than railway, tramway $26.76B 16%
Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers $15.83B 9.4%
Iron and steel $11.58B 6.9%
Articles of apparel, knit or crocheted $9.05B 5.4%
Electrical, electronic equipment $8.73B 5.2%
Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins $7.17B 4.3%
Articles of iron or steel $6.55B 3.9%
Articles of apparel, not knit or crocheted $6.27B 3.7%
Plastics $6.05B 3.6%
Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products $4.42B 2.6%
Edible fruits, nuts, peel of citrus fruit, melons $3.96B 2.4%
Turkey Exports By Country Value Percentage share
Germany $16.14B 9.8%
United Kingdom $11.11B 6.7%
Italy $9.57B 5.8%
Iraq $8.35B 5.0%
United States $8.31B 5.0%
Spain $7.71B 4.7%
France $7.30B 4.4%
9. Turkey Imports By Category Value Percentage share
Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products $43.00B 19%
Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers $25.77B 12%
Iron and steel $18.40B 8.3%
Electrical, electronic equipment $16.57B 7.4%
Vehicles other than railway, tramway $13.90B 6.2%
Plastics $12.94B 5.8%
Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins $12.56B 5.6%
Organic chemicals $5.97B 2.7%
Optical, photo, technical, medical apparatus $4.68B 2.1%
Turkey Imports By Country Value Percentage share
Russia $21.99B 11%
China $20.72B 9.9%
Germany $20.41B 9.8%
United States $12.38B 5.9%
Italy $10.15B 4.9%
India $7.54B 3.6%
United Kingdom $7.45B 3.6%
10. The total value of exports and imports of goods and services equals 60.4 percent of GDP.
The Turkish trade balance has been in deficit since 1947. In 2017 the trade gap
widened 36.8 percent from the previous year, as imports jumped 17.7 percent.
$234.2 billion
$180.2 billion
12. Floating exchange rate regime SINCE 2001
1 Turkish lira = 10.92 Indian Rupee
1 Turkish lira = 0.15 United States Dollar
1)Monetary and fiscal policies
2)Economic infrastructure
3)International developments
4)Expectations.
Short fall due to improper
regulation in fiscal policy
Targeting inflation and not the
exchange rate alone
Central stable management in
both budget realizations and
financial stability.
Supporting exports and minimizing
imports + KGF to regulate financial
and real sector in-line with market
conditions
13. Standard & Poor's credit rating for Turkey stands at B+ with stable outlook.
Moody's credit rating for Turkey was last set at B1 with negative outlook.
Fitch's credit rating for Turkey was last reported at BB- with stable outlook.
DBRS's credit rating for Turkey is BB (high) with negative outlook.
Non-investment grade speculative
TURKEY
14. Banking and insurance supervision and regulation has been strengthened, but
material gaps remain in implementation, including in supervision of key risks and
consolidated supervision for banks, and the transparency of insurance supervision.
Turkey tells banks to write off $8 billion in bad loans which will reduce the bad debts
to almost 20% to boost up the economy
15. Turkey recorded a government budget deficit of 23,49,197USD in 2020.
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GOVERNMENT SPENDING
FDI INFLOW: $12.9 billion
PUBLIC DEBT: 29.1% of GDP