The Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) has released foreign trade indices for November 2025. According to the data, the export unit value index increased by 11.7% as yeraly, while the import unit value index increased by 2.2%.

Compared to November 2024, the export unit value index increased by 9.5% in food, beverages, and tobacco, 9.5% in raw materials (excluding fuels), and 13.2% in manufacturing (excluding food, beverages, and tobacco). In contrast, a 4.2% decline was recorded in fuels.

During the same period, the export volume index decreased by 9.3%. By subcategories, exports decreased by 8.1% in food, beverages, and tobacco, 9.3% in raw materials, 6.6% in fuels, and 8.4% in manufacturing.

On the import side, the unit value index increased by 2.2% as yeraly. Increases of 9.3% in food, beverages, and tobacco and 1.4% in manufacturing were recorded, while declines of 8.3% in fuels and 2.6% in raw materials were observed.

The import volume index increased by 0.4% in November 2025 compared to the same month of the previous year. Imports increased by 17.6% in food, beverages, and tobacco, 0.4% in raw materials, and 3.8% in manufacturing, while fuels declined by 8.6%.

Seasonally adjusted data also pointed to growth

The seasonally and calendar-adjusted export volume index increased by 3.6%, rising from 138.2 in October 2025 to 143.2 in November 2025. The calendar adjusted export volume index, however, declined by 5.6% as yearly to 146.7.

The seasonally and calendar adjusted import volume index increased by 1.2% compared to October 2025, reaching 129.9. On a calendar adjusted annual basis, the index increased by 3.5% to 129.1.

Terms of trade improved

The terms of trade, calculated as the ratio of the export unit value index to the import unit value index, improved from 84.8 in November 2024 to 92.8 in November 2025, marking an increase of 8 points.