
The Automotive Manufacturers Association (OSD) announced the data for the 2024-month period of 12. Compared to the previous year, total production decreased by 7 percent and was realized as 1 million 365 thousand 296 units.
The Automotive Industry Association announced the total production and export figures and market data for the January-December period of 2024. Accordingly, total automotive production in 2024 decreased by 7 percent compared to the previous year, reaching 1 million 365 thousand 296 units. Automobile production decreased by 5 percent, reaching 904 thousand 513 units.
Total production, including tractor production, reached 1 million 410 thousand 934 units. In 2024, production in the commercial vehicle group decreased by 11 percent compared to the previous year, in the heavy commercial vehicle group by 25 percent, and in the light commercial vehicle group by 9 percent. During this period, the capacity utilization rate of the automotive industry was 70 percent. Capacity utilization rates on a vehicle group basis were 71 percent in light vehicles, 71 percent in the truck group, 52 percent in the bus-midibus group, and 61 percent in tractors.
Last year, automotive exports were parallel to 2023 and amounted to 1 million 13 thousand 34 units. During this period, automobile exports decreased by 1 percent compared to the previous year, while commercial vehicle exports increased by 1 percent in the same period. Tractor exports decreased by 2023 percent compared to 23 and amounted to 12 thousand 988 units.
According to the data of the Turkish Exporters Assembly, the total automotive industry exports, which finished 2024 in the first place in the sectoral export ranking with 17 percent, increased by 6 percent and reached 37,2 billion dollars. According to the data of Uludağ Automotive Industry Exporters' Association (OİB), total automotive exports in 2024 increased by 2 percent in Euro terms and reached 33,7 billion euros. During this period, while main industry exports increased by 1 percent in dollar terms, supply industry exports increased by 5 percent.
In the 2024-month period of 12, the total market remained parallel to the previous year and was realized at 1 million 285 thousand 632 units. During this period, the automobile market also increased by 1 percent compared to the previous year and reached 980 thousand 341 units. When we look at the commercial vehicle market, in 2024, the total commercial vehicle market decreased by 4 percent, the heavy commercial vehicle market by 8 percent, and the light commercial vehicle market by 3 percent compared to the previous year. In the January-December period of 2024, the domestic share in automobile sales was 30 percent, and the domestic vehicle share in light commercial vehicle sales was 27 percent.