5 Million Dollars of Export from Adana to the World
Industry professionals had access to a wide variety of products from women’s wear to men’s clothing, from children’s garments to a wide selection fabrics. They managed to establish significant business contacts. Both participants and visitors were very happy with the outcome the fair that contributed greatly to the textile industry.
TÜYAP Adana Çukurova Textile and Ready Wear Fair was the focus of attention. With this fair, the textile and ready wear industry proved once more that it is a major driving force behind the region’ economy. In 5 days, 10.456 industry professionals attended the fair. Among the visitors were buyers from major brands around Turkey and abroad. Although this was the first time the fair took place, the quality level of the products at the fair was high and the fair left a lasting impact that, according to many attendees, exceeded those of other international textile events. Çukurova Textile and Ready Wear Fair firmly claimed its place among the important events for textile industry representatives.
The visitors were very happy with the fair
TÜYAP Adana Fairs Regional Director Salih Gökmen said: “We held the Çukurova Textile and Ready Wear Fair for the first time this year. We hosted visitors from all around Turkey; Van to Denizli, Gaziantep to Samsun, İstanbul to İzmir. Furthermore, we had international attendance from 34 countries, although we promoted the fair in only 22 countries. Many visitors discovered the fair by themselves, including 2 visitors from as far as American Samoa. Some of these visitors reached us by phone to get information about the fair while others arrived here completely independent of any fair organization. Next year we will set up the fair on a much larger space and will invite more visitors to increase attendance. Çukurova Textile industry demonstrated its strength once more during this fair.”
Deputy Director of Adana Chamber of Commerce Assembly Birkan Işık said the visitors were very happy with the fair. Işık, who is also a member of the Adana Ready Wear Platform continued his comments saying, “This fair was a must for the textile and ready wear sector in the region. The Platform and TÜYAP collaborated closely during the past year to organize this fair. We worked hard to reach every producer and every buyer in the Çukurova region and invited them to the fair. All visitors and exhibitors left the fair happy, which was the best reward we could receive. We have already started working on the next year’s fair which our shortcomings this year will be remedied and the fair will reach a new level.”
Professional Visitors from 34 Countries
The fair was attended by 250 commercial buyers from American Samoa, United Kingdom, United States, Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Greece, Georgia, Azerbaijan, The Netherlands, Croatia, Kosovo, Poland, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Morocco, Israel, Tunis, Lebanon, Algiers, Austria, Brazil, Northern Cyprus, Moldova, Oman, Slovenia, Yemen, Syria and United Arab Emirates. Exhibitors and visitors held B2B meeting in special reserved meeting areas and has signed significant business deals. When the fair ended, everyone agreed it was a great success.
