After the attitude adopted by turkey towards india by supporting pakistan during Operation Sindoor, india is trying to rein in Turkey. It is getting closer to its neighbours and arch enemies Greece and Cyprus, but the government has adopted a very soft stance regarding trade. The reason for this is that india sells more goods to turkey than it buys from it. In this way, india earns a profit of 2.73 billion dollars every year.
When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan not only made statements in favour of Pakistan, but also sent drones, every indian was so angry that demands started rising to stop everything from tourism to trade with Turkey.
Why is india not banning trade with Turkey?
According to the report of The indian Express, an official said that the government has received many applications demanding a ban on the import of goods from Turkey. He said that apple producers of Himachal Pradesh and marble traders of Udaipur have demanded a ban on importing goods from Turkey, but India has a trade surplus with turkey, that is, India sells more goods to turkey than it buys from there.
The official said that if trade with Turkey is banned, it will be a strong geopolitical message, but it will depend on how far you want to take it.
What does india buy from turkey and what does turkey buy from India?
Another reason for continuing trade with turkey is that the trade surplus includes industrial exports. Such as engineering goods, electronics, organic-inorganic chemicals, whose export has increased significantly in the last five years. On the other hand, if we talk about Turkey, india mainly imports fruits, dry fruits, gold and marble from it. However, apple traders and udaipur marble traders, angry with Turkey for supporting Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, had demanded a ban on imports from Turkey.
They had also written a letter to the Prime Minister's office in this regard. In the last few years, Turkey had also increased the import of petroleum products, but it saw a decline in the financial year 2025.
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