Countries

The manufacturing, industrial, and export profile of the six countries Made in Turan covers — each with its own economic structure and growth story.

Turkiye

The largest and most diversified manufacturing base in the Turkic world. Home to more than 130,000 active exporters, Turkiye ranks among the world's 15 largest exporting countries.

Automotive: Turkiye's single largest export category, at $38.5 billion in 2025; the country produces 1.4 million vehicles a year and is a major supplier of parts and components to European automakers.
Machinery: $26 billion in exports in 2025 (2026 target: $29 billion). Turkiye is Europe's 6th-largest machinery manufacturer, with particular strength in CNC machine tools, food-processing equipment, packaging machinery, and textile machinery.
Textiles & apparel: 5th in the world. A traditional strength in carpet exports, with significant carpet and apparel volumes sold into the US market.
White goods: Europe's #1 producer of household appliances.
Steel: 8th in the world.
Defense & aviation: Defense and aerospace exports have grown from $248 million in 2002 to $7.15 billion in 2024 and $8.5 billion in 2025. Baykar's drones (Bayraktar TB2, AKINCI) have been exported to 36 countries; in 2025 the company alone exported $2.2 billion, making it the world's largest producer of armed unmanned aerial vehicles. Five Turkish firms — Aselsan, TUSAS, Baykar, Roketsan, and MKE — appear on SIPRI's list of the world's 100 largest defense companies.
Foreign Trade: Total exports passed $275 billion in 2024, with a 2025 target of over $300 billion. Leading export markets include the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

Azerbaijan

Traditionally an oil-and-gas economy, but non-oil sectors have shown notable growth in recent years — by the end of 2025, the non-oil share of GDP crossed 50% for the first time, reaching 52.7%.

Petrochemicals & fertilizers: SOCAR's facilities at the Sumgayit Chemical Industrial Park (SOCAR Carbamide for nitrogen fertilizer, SOCAR Polymer for polymer products) are the main drivers of non-oil exports. Chemical exports grew 22% in the first three quarters of 2025.
Aluminum & metals: A significant growth area within non-oil export composition.
Agriculture & food: Tea, sugar and confectionery, and beverage exports all grew notably in 2025.
Energy: Oil and natural gas still account for roughly 85–90% of total exports — despite diversification efforts, still the main source of revenue.
Foreign Trade: Non-oil exports rose from $1.9 billion in 2020 to $3.6 billion in 2025 — nearly doubling in five years. Under the 'Azerbaijan 2030' strategy, the 2027 target is $5.3 billion.

Kazakhstan

The largest economy in the region by land area, historically built on mining and oil — but in the first half of 2026, manufacturing output overtook mining output for the first time, a signal of structural change.

Machinery manufacturing: Grew 22% in the first seven months of 2026, reaching $6.92 billion.
Metallurgy: The largest sub-category of manufacturing, with $17.52 billion in output value.
Chemical production: Grew 26.9% to reach $2.16 billion.
Mining: Still significant: copper, zinc, ferroalloys, and 12% of the world's uranium reserves are in Kazakhstan. However, crude oil production fell 8.9% and natural gas production fell 5.5% in the first half of 2026.
Foreign Trade: Foreign trade turnover reached $71.8 billion in the first half of 2026 (up 7.2%). Exports grew faster than imports, reaching $40.3 billion. Crude oil still accounts for roughly half of exports.

Uzbekistan

One of Central Asia's fastest-growing export economies — exports rose 23% in 2025 to a record $33.4 billion.

Textiles & apparel: A shift from raw cotton exports to value-added textiles: fabric exports grew 5x and apparel exports 6x between 2017 and 2024. Textile and apparel exports reached $2.6 billion in 2025, with a 2026 target of $4 billion; textile exports were up 25% year-on-year in the first half of 2026.
Automotive: Domestic vehicle manufacturing is growing; vehicle exports reached $322.84 million in 2025.
Metallurgy: The largest share of manufacturing output (32%) — steel, aluminum, and non-ferrous metal production.
Machinery & equipment: 14.9% of manufacturing output, focused on automotive and industrial equipment.
Foreign Trade: Starting in 2026, 228 new industrial projects worth €13 billion are planned across mining, metallurgy, chemicals, energy, automotive, textiles, and pharmaceuticals. Under the 'Uzbekistan-2030' strategy, the GDP target is €147 billion.

Turkmenistan

An economy built largely on natural gas — Turkmenistan holds the world's 4th-largest natural gas reserves, and roughly 85–90% of its exports are hydrocarbon-based.

Natural gas: The main export item; China is the largest buyer (in some years, more than 90% of gas exports), followed by Russia and Iran. The TAPI pipeline (Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India) is intended to open access to South Asian markets.
Petrochemicals & fertilizers: Cheap domestic natural gas gives Turkmenistan a competitive production-cost advantage in fertilizer products like ammonia and urea — a less logistically and politically constrained export than pipeline gas itself.
Cotton: Part of diversification efforts, though textiles still represent a marginal share of total exports; cotton itself remains the more significant story.
Foreign Trade: GDP in 2024 was $83 billion (nominal) / $164 billion (PPP). Total exports were $12.4 billion (2024), imports around $3.8 billion. A new memorandum with Turkiye is seen as a potential future gateway to EU market access.

Kyrgyzstan

A small, landlocked economy — but membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and proximity to China have made it a regional re-export hub.

Gold mining: Accounts for roughly 34% of exports; the Kumtor mine is a major contributor to GDP.
Re-export trade: Goods from China (particularly textiles) pass through the Torugart and Irkeshtam border crossings for re-export to Russia and other EAEU countries — a major driver of GDP growth (11.1%) in 2025.
Agriculture: Cotton, dried fruit, and beans are the leading agricultural export items.
Textiles: Apparel manufacturing and trade, including the re-export of Uzbek- and Chinese-origin textiles.
Foreign Trade: EAEU membership (since 2015) gives Kyrgyzstan preferential trade terms with Russia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, and Belarus. Russia and China together account for roughly 60% of imports and about half of exports.