Elazığ Continues to Grow in Exports…

The Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM) announced the export figures for May 2021. While Elazığ realised exports of 16 million 879 thousand Dollars in May, it showed an increase of 100% compared to the previous year. However, among the averages of the first 5 months of 2021, the lowest exports of the year were realised in May. In the total exports of the first 5 months of the year, Elazığ ranked first among the Eastern Anatolia and TRB provinces with 146 million 282 thousand Dollars…

Mining products maintain their lead…

When Elazığ's export figures for the last 4 years in TİM records are examined, exports of 222 million 189 thousand Dollars were realised in 2018, 213 million 256 thousand Dollars in 2019, 166 million 187 thousand dollars in 2020, and 146 million 282 thousand Dollars in the first 5 months of 2021. Within the total export figure for the first 5 months of 2021, mining products ranked first with 133 million 504 thousand dollars. Within the total exports of 146 million 282 thousand dollars made in the first 5 months of 2021, the share of Mining products was 91.3%. Over the last 4 years, our province's exports of Mining Products were realised as follows: 196 million 126 Dollars in 2018, 185 million 428 thousand Dollars in 2019, 52 million 375 thousand dollars in 2020, and 133 million 504 thousand Dollars in the first 5 months of 2021.

While May stood out with the lowest export figure within the first 5 months of 2021, the increase compared to May 2020 was 100%. In May 2020, exports of 8 million 293 thousand Dollars had been made. In May of this year, 16 million 879 thousand Dollars were realised.

In the first 5 months of 2021, exports over 100% higher than the previous year were also realised in sectors such as Ready-to-wear and apparel, Dried Fruits and Products, Fruit and Vegetable Products, Chemicals, Aquaculture products and Furniture.

   While the rate of increase in exports, which in some sectors were realised at very low levels in the first 5 months of the year compared to previous years, gives hope for the future, year-end exports are expected to exceed the figures of the last 4 years. While exports in the mining sector alone are expected to be at the level of 300 million Dollars this year, exports in the sectors of Ready-to-wear and apparel, aquaculture products, fruit, furniture, chemical products and building materials, whose share in exports is very low, are predicted to show a significant rise compared to previous years.