Free trade agreements of Turkey

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Turkey Free trade agreements
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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]

File:EU and Turkey Locator Map.png
Turkey – European Union Customs Union (EUCU)

List of agreements

Signed

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]
Error creating thumbnail: European Union 6 March 1995 31 December 1995 Customs Union, included the United Kingdom until its withdrawal in 2020.
File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania 22 December 2006 1 May 2008 Free Trade Agreement
File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 25 February 2020 Under ratification Free Trade Agreement[6]
File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg 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
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 27 December 2005 1 March 2007 Free Trade Agreement
File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands 16 December 2014 1 October 2017 Free Trade Agreement
Error creating thumbnail: Georgia 21 November 2007 1 November 2008 Free Trade Agreement
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 14 March 1996 1 May 1997 Free Trade Agreement, effectively halted since 3 May 2024.[8]
Error creating thumbnail: Kosovo 27 September 2013 1 September 2019 Free Trade Agreement
File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 24 November 2010 Under ratification Free Trade Agreement
Malaysia 17 April 2014 1 August 2015 Free Trade Agreement
File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius 9 September 2011 1 June 2013 Free Trade Agreement
File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova 11 September 2014 1 November 2016 Free Trade Agreement
File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro 26 November 2008 1 March 2010 Free Trade Agreement
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 7 April 2004 1 January 2006 Free Trade Agreement
File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia 7 September 1999 1 September 2000 Free Trade Agreement
File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine 20 July 2004 1 June 2005 Free Trade Agreement
File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 1 June 2009 1 September 2010 Free Trade Agreement
30 January 2018 1 June 2019 Updated FTA including services[9]
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 14 November 2015 1 October 2017 Free Trade Agreement
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 1 August 2012 1 May 2013 Free Trade Agreement
26 February 2015 1 August 2018 Updated FTA including services[10]
File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 24 December 2017 Under ratification Free Trade Agreement
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 25 November 2004 1 July 2005 Free Trade Agreement
Error creating thumbnail: 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.
File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 17 May 2018 21 August 2020 Trade Development Agreement[14]

Unilateral agreements

According to EU-Turkey Customs Union signed in 1995, third countries that sign a free trade agreement with the EU can have unilateral free trade with Turkey.[15]

Future

The following list contains the countries with active trade agreement negotiations.[16]

State Notes
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Free Trade Agreement
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of Congo Free Trade Agreement
File:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti Free Trade Agreement
File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Free Trade Agreement
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana Free Trade Agreement
File:Flag of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.svg Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade Agreement[17]
Error creating thumbnail: Indonesia Indonesia–Turkey relations
Japan Japan–Turkey relations
Error creating thumbnail: Mexico Mexico–Turkey relations
Pakistan Pakistan–Turkey Free Trade Agreement
File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru Free Trade Agreement
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Qatar–Turkey relations
Thailand Free Trade Agreement
United Kingdom Turkey–United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement[18][19]
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Turkey–United States relations, Halted in October 2019[20]
Euro-Mediterranean free trade area Free Trade Agreement
Economic Cooperation Organization Trade Agreement Free Trade Agreement

Replaced agreements with EUCU

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

State Signed In Force[21] Ended Notes
Bulgaria 07 November 1998 1 January 1999 31 December 2006 Free Trade Agreement[22]
Error creating thumbnail: Croatia 13 March 2002 1 July 2003 30 June 2013 Free Trade Agreement[23]
Czech Republic 10 March 1997 1 September 1998 30 April 2004 Free Trade Agreement[24]
Estonia 06 March 1997 1 July 1998 30 April 2004 Free Trade Agreement[25]
Hungary 01 August 1997 1 April 1998 30 April 2004 Free Trade Agreement[26]
File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 16 June 1998 1 July 2000 30 April 2004 Free Trade Agreement[27]
File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 06 February 1997 1 March 1998 30 April 2004 Free Trade Agreement[28]
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 4 October 1999 1 May 2000 30 April 2004 Free Trade Agreement[29]
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 29 April 1997 1 February 1998 31 December 2006 Free Trade Agreement[30]
Error creating thumbnail: Slovakia 20 October 1997 1 September 1998 30 April 2004 Free Trade Agreement[31]
File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 05 May 1998 1 June 2000 30 April 2004 Free Trade Agreement[32]

Former

State Signed In Force[33] Ended Notes
Syria 22 December 2004 1 January 2007 6 December 2011 Free Trade Agreement, suspended after Syrian Civil War
File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 1 December 2009 1 March 2011 22 November 2018 Free Trade Agreement, repealed by Jordan[34]

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  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.
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