Turkey is One of the Four Countries that Dress the World in Denim
Denim clothing is one of the most important production branches of the woven ready-to-wear industry in Turkey. This product group generally occupies a significant share of Turkey’s woven apparel exports, which usually range between 25 to 30 percent. Turkey exports denim fabric and clothes to more than 200 countries.
1.4 billion US dollars of denim clothing exports were carried out in 2020
In parallel with the decrease in sectoral exports in 2020, there was a decrease in denim clothing exports. In this context, 1.4 billion US Dollars of denim clothing was exported from Turkey in 2020, and exports decreased by 12.5 percent compared to the same period of 2019. The share of denim clothing in exports of woven apparel was calculated as 22.4 percent.
The Most Denim Apparel Exports to Germany in 2020
The countries with the highest denim exports from Turkey in 2020 are Germany, which imports 248.6 million US Dollars with a decrease of 13 percent, Spain carrying out imports of 236.3 million US Dollars with a decrease of 4.4 percent, and the Netherlands with 217.4 million dollar imports, achieving an increase of 1.7 percent.
Among the first twenty countries, the country with the highest rate of increase in denim clothing exports was Sweden, with an increase of 13.8 percent, achieving an export worth 37.2 million US Dollars.
Apart from Sweden, denim clothing exports to the Netherlands also increased by 1.7 percent. The countries with a high rate of decrease in denim clothing exports were Algeria with a decrease of 39.5 percent and carrying out 11.2 million US Dollars in exports, and Israel with a decrease of 36.7 percent and carrying out 11.2 million US Dollars of exports.
4.8 Percent Increase in the First Quarter of 2021
In the first quarter of 2021, denim clothing amounting to 431.5 million US Dollars was exported from Turkey, and the volume of exports increased by 5.4 percent compared to the same period of 2020. The share of denim ready-to-wear apparel within woven apparel exports was 25.1 percent.
In the January-March period of 2021, the countries with the highest denim exports from Turkey are Spain, with an increase of 38.2 percent amounting to 92.9 million US Dollars, Germany with 75.3 million US Dollars of exports with a decrease of 1.1 percent, and the Netherlands, with a decrease of 7.1 percent and amounting to 59.4 million US Dollars.
Belarus, the country with the highest increase in denim fabric exports in the first quarter of 2021
Among the list of the top 20 countries that denim ready-to-wear apparel was exported from Turkey, eleven of them achieved increases in the volume of exports between 1.1 and 63.8, while nine of them had shrinkage rates ranging from 1.1 and 36.7. Among the first twenty countries, the country with the highest rate of increase in denim clothing exports was Belarus, with an increase of 63.8 percent, achieving an export value of 2.9 million US Dollars.
Spain, which exports 92.9 million US Dollars with an increase of 38.2 percent, is another country with a high rate of increase in exports. In addition, the USA, which increased by 30.5 percent, and France, which increased by 29.3 percent, were listed as the other countries with a high increase in denim clothing exports.
