Product export scorecard · GTİP 8483.60Clutches and shaft couplings (including universal joints)Official Turkish text: Kavramalar ve kaplinler (üniversal kaplinler dahil)
Türkiye exported €19.2m of this product's subheading (HS 8483.60) in 2025, rank 1,232 among its exports. Its biggest market for the heading is Germany: €172m in the 12 months to August 2026 (+2.5% on the year before). In Saudi Arabia, Türkiye's share is 0.4%: US$1.9m in the 12 months to April 2026.
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Source: Eurostat, Comext DS-059341. Growth rates and shares are calculated by Birlesa from Eurostat's figures; Eurostat bears no responsibility for them.
Clutches and shaft couplings (including universal joints)
Official Turkish title: Kavramalar ve kaplinler (üniversal kaplinler dahil)
Its place in the tariff
Chapter 84Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
Heading 8483Transmission shafts (including cam and crank) and cranks; bearing housings and plain shaft bearings; gears and gearing; ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers; flywheels and pulleys; clutches and shaft couplings
Türkiye exported €19.2m of HS 8483.60 in 2025: rank 1,232 of 5,132 subheadings.
Source: Eurostat, Comext DS-059341 (the figures Türkiye declared). The ranking is calculated by Birlesa from Eurostat's figures; Eurostat bears no responsibility for it.
3 companies on lists under this code; a list proves 2 of them export.
Only companies a list proves: a company's own product statement never puts it here. For machinery the source is MİB's member directory, which lists its members by their products' customs codes.
Government support
Published export-support programmes; their rules cover any product and market.
Digital marketplace promotion support
T.C. Ticaret Bakanlığı
50% of eligible expenses
Digital advertising on marketplaces abroad, up to 20% of the sales those ads bring; for 3 years per marketplace.
Caps for 2026
Companies (by tier, at most): TRY 36,993,646 a year
50% of eligible expenses, up to 75% under the conditions below
On the stand's area in square metres, at most 5 fairs a year (10 for the participants and makers the circular qualifies). 70% in the Ministry's target countries, 75% in its target countries and sectors.
1GermanyAs Germany reportsEU–Türkiye customs union (not a free trade agreement)
From Türkiye, 12 months
€172m+2.5%
Market's imports
€2.74bn+2.6%
Türkiye's share
6.3%
Import duty
0%Customs Union · A.TR
2ItalyAs Italy reportsEU–Türkiye customs union (not a free trade agreement)
From Türkiye, 12 months
€54m+9.5%
Market's imports
€1.15bn+7.5%
Türkiye's share
4.7%
Import duty
0%Customs Union · A.TR
3United StatesAs United States reportsNo free trade agreement with Türkiye
From Türkiye, 12 months
US$73m-20.5%
Market's imports
US$10.9bn-2.6%
Türkiye's share
0.7%
Import duty
17.8%On the FOB value · checked 2 November 2026
2.8% general rate + 15% on Türkiye's goods (heading 9903.02.64)From the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (USITC), 2026 HTS Revision 22
4SpainAs Spain reportsEU–Türkiye customs union (not a free trade agreement)
From Türkiye, 12 months
€34.6m+41.9%
Market's imports
€347m+2.2%
Türkiye's share
10%
Import duty
0%Customs Union · A.TR
5PolandAs Poland reportsEU–Türkiye customs union (not a free trade agreement)
From Türkiye, 12 months
€55.9m-20%
Market's imports
€721m-0.8%
Türkiye's share
7.7%
Import duty
0%Customs Union · A.TR
In EU member markets, industrial goods enter duty-free with an A.TR movement certificate under Decision 1/95 of the EC-Turkey Association Council (the Customs Union); coal and steel products under the 1996 ECSC agreement, with a EUR.1. Agricultural products' rate is TARIC's. Trade-defence measures such as anti-dumping duties apply on top.
Ranked by Türkiye's own exports over 12 months, as Türkiye reports them, in one currency for every market; then by their growth. Each row shows the market's own figures where it publishes them. 115 markets have figures for this heading.
Source: Eurostat, Comext DS-059341. Growth rates and shares are calculated by Birlesa from Eurostat's figures; Eurostat bears no responsibility for them.
