Energy reported on Thursday morning that Ankara’s average imports of seaborne crude oil rose to 624,000 barrels per day during the period from January to October 2025, compared to 576,000 barrels per day in the same period of 2024. It confirmed a decrease in imports last October to 618,000 barrels per day for the fourth consecutive month, while remaining high on a year-on-year basis, compared to the same month in 2024 at 461,000 barrels per day.
The platform indicated that three Arab countries were among the largest oil exporters to Turkey this year, after Russia, which provided more than half of the quantity imported by Ankara. Last June achieved the highest rate of seaborne imports since the beginning of 2025, before it declined continuously every month until last October.
Egypt and Iraq joined the oil-exporting countries to Turkey over the past ten months, with Russia providing approximately 62% during the same period. The export figures were as follows: Russia: 388,000 barrels per day, Iraq: 77,000 barrels per day, Egypt: 48,000 barrels per day, Libya: 36,000 barrels per day, and Nigeria: 33,000 barrels per day.
Iraq saw a decrease in its average seaborne oil exports to Turkey to 77,000 barrels per day during the same period, compared to 85,000 barrels per day in the comparable period last year. Egypt ranked third, with its average crude oil exports to Turkey rising to 48,000 barrels per day until October 2025, compared to an average of 32,000 barrels per day in the corresponding period last year.
Libya came in fourth, recording a significant jump in its exports to Turkey, with an average reaching 36,000 barrels per day during the same period, compared to 8,000 barrels per day in the previous year.
