The chemical industry has a wide range of products, it interacts with industry branches with its production and contributes to many industrial sectors with its production. While 30% of the products produced by the chemical industry reach the consumer, 70% of them are used as raw materials or intermediate products in other sectors.

Plastic, detergent, soap, synthetic fiber, medicine, fertilizer, rubber, adhesives, textile chemicals and paint sectors are considered as the main chemical sectors.

Chemical Industry in Turkey

As of 2019, the chemical sector in Turkey by signing a record in exports was most exporting 2. Sector, has access to the fastest growing export sector.

A very large part of the production in the chemicals sector in Turkey is carried out by private companies. PETKİM, 51% of which belongs to SOCAR, one of the important actors of the sector, is one of the leading companies involved in the production processes by meeting the raw material needs of many industries with its petrochemical products. 90% of the main input of plastic production is provided from the petrochemical sector.

Since the day it was established, its factory in Aliağa has been operating close to the maximum capacity. Thermoplastic products (LDPE, PVC, HDPE and PP), fiber raw materials (ACN, PTA and MEG) and other petrochemical products (Ethylene, Benzene, PA, Gas Chlorine, VCM) are produced at the Aliağa factory.

Eti Maden, one of the local capital institutions following SOCAR, operates by transforming the rich boron resources of our country into products with high added value. Bigadiç is the world leader manufacturer of boron and chemicals by processing boron deposits with 4 different production facilities, including Emet, Kırka and Bandırma. Eti Soda A.Ş., which is a state-private sector partnership with a 26% share of Eti Maden, is a soda ash producer that it produces from trona mining at its Mersin factory. In addition, it also produces sodium bicarbonate. These products are used as chemicals or additives in the glass, detergent and cleaning, metallurgical applications, food and pharmaceutical industries.

330 thousand / year capacity with tons is the world's largest acrylic fiber production by Ak-Root Holding company, a private enterprise only domestic acrylic fiber manufacturer AKSA in Turkey. Acrylic fiber is used in clothing, home and other textile products as well as in different industrial branches.

Ak-Kim, another Ak-Kök Holding company that entered the Chemistry Fortune 500 list together with Aksa Akrilik, manufactures basic chemicals such as chlor-alkali and its derivatives, hydrogen peroxide and sodium percarbonate, methylamines, persulfates and bisulfites. It can supply chemicals to various sectors with a wide range of products such as textile and fiber auxiliary chemicals, paper, water treatment, construction chemicals, personal care chemicals and plastic additives in performance chemicals.

Raw material imports and thus in the direction of reducing the dependence on foreign Sasa Polyester MEG and PTA Production Plant, Renaissance Ceyhan Polypropylene investments, such as the property need products to close Turkey's current account deficit is targeted to meet.