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Free trade agreements of Turkey

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This page lists the free trade agreements signed by Turkey.[1] In 1995, Turkey signed a customs union with the European Union for goods, excluding agricultural products and services. As of 2018, EU has been Turkey's main trade partner with 50% of its exports and 36% of its imports.[2]

Turkey – European Union Customs Union (EUCU)

List of agreements

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Signed

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State Signed In Force[3] Notes
European Free Trade Association European Free Trade Association (EFTA) 10 December 1991 1 September 1992 Free Trade Agreement
25 June 2018 1 October 2021 Updated FTA including services[4][5]
 European Union 6 March 1995 31 December 1995 Customs Union, included the United Kingdom until its withdrawal in 2020.
 Albania 22 December 2006 1 May 2008 Free Trade Agreement
 Azerbaijan 25 February 2020 Under ratification Free Trade Agreement[6]
 Bosnia-Herzegovina 3 July 2002 1 July 2003 Free Trade Agreement
2 May 2019 Under ratification Revised FTA[7]
 Chile 14 July 2009 1 March 2011 Free Trade Agreement
 Egypt 27 December 2005 1 March 2007 Free Trade Agreement
 Faroe Islands 16 December 2014 1 October 2017 Free Trade Agreement
 Georgia 21 November 2007 1 November 2008 Free Trade Agreement
 Israel 14 March 1996 1 May 1997 Free Trade Agreement, effectively halted since 3 May 2024.[8]
 Kosovo 27 September 2013 1 September 2019 Free Trade Agreement
 Lebanon 24 November 2010 Under ratification Free Trade Agreement
 Malaysia 17 April 2014 1 August 2015 Free Trade Agreement
 Mauritius 9 September 2011 1 June 2013 Free Trade Agreement
 Moldova 11 September 2014 1 November 2016 Free Trade Agreement
 Montenegro 26 November 2008 1 March 2010 Free Trade Agreement
 Morocco 7 April 2004 1 January 2006 Free Trade Agreement
 North Macedonia 7 September 1999 1 September 2000 Free Trade Agreement
 Palestine 20 July 2004 1 June 2005 Free Trade Agreement
 Serbia 1 June 2009 1 September 2010 Free Trade Agreement
30 January 2018 1 June 2019 Updated FTA including services[9]
 Singapore 14 November 2015 1 October 2017 Free Trade Agreement
 South Korea 1 August 2012 1 May 2013 Free Trade Agreement
26 February 2015 1 August 2018 Updated FTA including services[10]
 Sudan 24 December 2017 Under ratification Free Trade Agreement
 Tunisia 25 November 2004 1 July 2005 Free Trade Agreement
 Ukraine 3 February 2022 Under ratification Free Trade Agreement[11]
 United Arab Emirates 3 March 2023 Under ratification Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement[12]
 United Kingdom 29 December 2020 1 May 2021 Free Trade Agreement,[13] prior to this agreement, Turkey-UK had customs union as part of EU-Turkey customs union between 1995-2020.
 Venezuela 17 May 2018 21 August 2020 Trade Development Agreement[14]

Future

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The following list contains the countries with active trade agreement negotiations.[15]

State Notes
 Colombia Free Trade Agreement
 Democratic Republic of Congo Free Trade Agreement
 Djibouti Free Trade Agreement
 Ecuador Free Trade Agreement
 Ghana Free Trade Agreement
 Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade Agreement[16]
 Indonesia Indonesia–Turkey relations
 Japan Japan–Turkey relations
 Mexico Mexico–Turkey relations
 Pakistan Pakistan–Turkey Free Trade Agreement
 Peru Free Trade Agreement
 Qatar Qatar–Turkey relations
 Thailand Free Trade Agreement
 United Kingdom Turkey–United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement[17][18]
 United States Turkey–United States relations, Halted in October 2019[19]
Euro-Mediterranean free trade area Free Trade Agreement
Economic Cooperation Organization Trade Agreement Free Trade Agreement

Replaced agreements with EUCU

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The following agreements have been replaced with European Union–Turkey Customs Union:

State Signed In Force[20] Ended Notes
 Bulgaria 07 November 1998 1 January 1999 31 December 2006 Free Trade Agreement[21]
 Croatia 13 March 2002 1 July 2003 30 June 2013 Free Trade Agreement[22]
 Czech Republic 10 March 1997 1 September 1998 30 April 2004 Free Trade Agreement[23]
 Estonia 06 March 1997 1 July 1998 30 April 2004 Free Trade Agreement[24]
 Hungary 01 August 1997 1 April 1998 30 April 2004 Free Trade Agreement[25]
 Latvia 16 June 1998 1 July 2000 30 April 2004 Free Trade Agreement[26]
 Lithuania 06 February 1997 1 March 1998 30 April 2004 Free Trade Agreement[27]
 Poland 4 October 1999 1 May 2000 30 April 2004 Free Trade Agreement[28]
 Romania 29 April 1997 1 February 1998 31 December 2006 Free Trade Agreement[29]
 Slovakia 20 October 1997 1 September 1998 30 April 2004 Free Trade Agreement[30]
 Slovenia 05 May 1998 1 June 2000 30 April 2004 Free Trade Agreement[31]

Former

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State Signed In Force[32] Ended Notes
 Syria 22 December 2004 1 January 2007 6 December 2011 Free Trade Agreement, suspended after Syrian Civil War
 Jordan 1 December 2009 1 March 2011 22 November 2018 Free Trade Agreement, repealed by Jordan[33]

References

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  2. ^ "Turkey - Trade - European Commission". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
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  4. ^ "Republic of Turkey - Ministry of Trade". www.trade.gov.tr. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Contested Turkey trade deal to finally come into force". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Turkey ratifies free trade deal with Azerbaijan". Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Turkey, Bosnia sign revised free trade agreement". Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Turkey suspends trade with Israel over Gaza conflict – DW – 05/03/2024". dw.com. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
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  10. ^ "Republic of Turkey - Ministry of Trade". www.trade.gov.tr. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  11. ^ "Turkey, Ukraine Sign Free-Trade, Drone Deals as Erdogan Visits Kyiv - The Wall Street Journal". Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  12. ^ "Türkiye, UAE sign free trade deal as ties improve - Latest News". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Turkey, UK sign historic free trade agreement". Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  14. ^ "Trade development agreement between Venezuela and Turkey becomes effective August 21". www.bilaterals.org. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  15. ^ "Müzakere Süreci Devam Eden STA'lar". www.ticaret.gov.tr (in Turkish). 30 August 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  16. ^ "Türkiye ile Körfez ülkeleri arasında "tarihi" anlaşma – DW – 21.03.2024". dw.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  17. ^ "UK and Turkey to negotiate new trade deal". GOV.UK. 18 July 2023.
  18. ^ "UK and Turkey look to redo free trade agreement". Trade Finance Global. 18 July 2023.
  19. ^ Breuninger, Kevin (14 October 2019). "Trump halts trade negotiations with Turkey, raises its steel tariffs to 50%". CNBC. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
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  32. ^ "Serbest Ti̇caret Anlaşmalari". Archived from the original on 2007-04-08. Retrieved 2019-12-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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