Buyers running a China+1 or nearshoring program can source Articles of Iron or Steel (HS chapter 73) from 164 verified Turkish manufacturers listed here, mapped across 16 NACE Rev.2 production classes. Production concentrates around Ankara, Niğde, Samsun.
Türkiye exports roughly $9 billion of Articles of Iron or Steel a year, with Germany, United States, United Kingdom and Italy among the leading destination markets.
Representative data: the export/import figures on this page are ILLUSTRATIVE estimates reflecting the structure of Türkiye's foreign-trade statistics (TÜİK / ITC Trademap) — not exact official values.
Turkey has been in a customs union with the EU since 1996: most industrial goods move to the EU free of customs duty and without origin-quota friction — a structural cost edge over Far-East imports.
Trucks reach Central Europe in 3–5 days and Ro-Ro/short-sea routes serve the Mediterranean in days, not the weeks of a China–Europe ocean leg. Shorter lead times mean lower inventory and faster re-orders.
Adding a Turkish source reduces single-country concentration risk and exposure to Far-East freight, tariff and geopolitical shocks — the core rationale of a China+1 / friend-shoring strategy.
Organised industrial zones (OSB), mature sub-industries and a large SME manufacturing base give real capacity across metals, textiles, plastics, machinery and food. Every producer here is a verified entity node.
For carbon-exposed goods, EU-adjacent production shortens transport emissions and eases CBAM reporting versus long-haul sourcing. See Rehber Sanayi's carbon-footprint groundwork (M5) for reference.
A single-hour offset from Central Europe means same-day back-and-forth on specs, samples and QA — not the overnight round-trips of a 6–8 hour Far-East gap.
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