Turkish defense exports pass $4 billion in 2022, says procurement boss

This story was updated Jan. 9, 2023, at 9:23 a.m. ET with more specific export data after the New Year.

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s annual defense and aerospace exports have surpassed the $4 billion mark for the first time, according to Ismail Demir, who leads the country’s defense procurement agency.

Demir made the announcement Dec. 23 on Twitter along with a video from the Presidency of Defence Industries, or SSB. Then on Jan. 8, he announced that 2022 exports reached $4.3 billion, while saying the goal for this year is $6 billion.

The Turkish Exporters’ Assembly put the country’s defense and aerospace exports in the period between January and November at $3.77 billion, up 35.7% from $2.778 billion in the same period of 2021.

The umbrella organization for Turkish exports said monthly defense and aerospace exports during October 2022 were worth $464 million, and during November were worth $503 million.

Earlier this year, Ozgur Eksi, a defense analyst in Ankara, told Defense News that the increasing trend in exports “should be attributed primarily to aerospace, and homemade drones in particular.

Local company Baykar, which makes the TB2 Bayraktar drone , has sold the aircraft to 27 countries. Selcuk Bayraktar, the company’s chief technical officer, said Dec. 22 that exports make up 98% of the firm’s 2022 revenue. On Jan. 3, he modified that figure to 99.3%.

The export of Turkish land vehicles in 2022 was worth $428 million, although the official yearend number may exceed this. BMC, an armored vehicles manufacturer, led Turkey’s land vehicle exports this year, accounting for 45% of foreign sales in this sector.

Burak Ege Bekdil was the Turkey correspondent for Defense News.

本文于 2023 年 1 月 9 日上午 9:23（美国东部时间）更新，加入了新年后的更具体的出口数据。

土耳其安卡拉——据土耳其国防采购局局长伊斯梅尔·德米尔称，土耳其年度国防和航空航天出口额首次​​突破 40 亿美元大关。

德米尔于12月23日在推特上发布了这一消息，同时还附上了一段来自国防工业总统府（SSB）的视频。随后在1月8日，他宣布2022年出口额达到43亿美元，并表示今年的目标是60亿美元。

土耳其出口商协会公布的数据显示，该国今年1月至11月的国防和航空航天出口额为37.7亿美元，比2021年同期的27.78亿美元增长了35.7%。

土耳其出口伞式组织表示，2022年10月土耳其国防和航空航天出口额为4.64亿美元，11月为5.03亿美元。

今年早些时候，安卡拉的国防分析师奥兹古尔·埃克西告诉《防务新闻》，出口增长的趋势“主要应归功于航空航天，特别是国产无人机”。

生产TB2 Bayraktar无人机的当地公司Baykar已将该机型销往27个国家。该公司首席技术官Selcuk Bayraktar于12月22日表示，出口额占公司2022年总收入的98%。1月3日，他将这一数字修正为99.3%。

2022年土耳其陆地车辆出口额为4.28亿美元，但官方公布的年终数据可能更高。装甲车辆制造商BMC是今年土耳其陆地车辆出口的领头羊，占该领域海外销售额的45%。

布拉克·埃格·贝克迪尔是《防务新闻》的土耳其记者。