Home Textile Exports Increased 19.6 Percent in the First Quarter of the Year

In the January-March period, the most exports were made to Germany, the main market of the sector. Exports to Germany were recorded as 113 million 303 thousand dollars with an increase of 10.67 percent. In this period, when 708 million 522 thousand dollars of home textile products were exported, home textile products were sent to 171 countries and autonomous regions.

The sector representatives, who increased the exports to the USA, which ranked second, by 46.07 percent, signed foreign sales of 86 million 361 thousand dollars. Foreign sales to France, which ranked third, increased by 48.53 percent and reached 36 million 487 thousand dollars.

Exports to Kuwait, Kosovo and Turkmenistan Increased

Among the top 10 countries other than Germany, the USA and France, to Italy 36 million 434 thousand, the United Kingdom 31 million 689 thousand, the Netherlands 24 million 451 thousand, Bulgaria 23 million 30 thousand, Belarus 22 million 515 thousand dollars, Poland 21 million 130 thousand and  Israel 20 million 256 thousand dollars of products were sent.

Exports to Kuwait, where 2 million 3 thousand dollars of products were sent in the first quarter of last year, reached 4 million 510 thousand dollars with an increase of 125 percent. Exports to Kosovo were recorded as 1 million 901 thousand dollars with an increase of 119 percent and exports to Turkmenistan with an increase of 125 percent were recorded as 1 million 618 thousand dollars.

Home textile industry is hopeful for 2021

Turkey Home Textile Industrialists and Business People Association (TETSİAD) President Hasan Hüseyin Bayram stated that despite all the negativities of the pandemic in 2020, its members are working non-stop in order to contribute to the future of the sector by adapting to the new ways of doing business, trends and markets in the world.

Bayram continued as follows: “As the representatives of the Turkish home textile industry, we quickly adapted to the new process. Since the beginning of the process, we have been striving non-stop to contribute to our country’s exports, production, employment and economy. When we look at our year-end export figures, we can see this fact once again. Our exports, which were 2 billion 593 million dollars in 2019, decreased at a very low level in 2020 despite all the difficulties and reached the level of 2 billion 490 million dollars. The Turkish home textile industry has managed to export to 199 countries and regions of the world. The year-end export figures raised our enthusiasm and morale despite all the difficulties. We will continue to work with the same enthusiasm and excitement in 2021.”