In 2019, Turkey'S Clothing Export Target Was Set To Grow By 10% Year-On-Year.

Turkey's trade minister RuhsarPekcan recently announced that Turkey's total exports in 2018 amounted to US $168 billion 100 million, up by US $11 billion 100 million, or about 7.1%.

Textile and clothing and raw materials industry accounted for 16% of the total exports.

Ahmet KS KS Z, President of Istanbul textile and raw materials exporters association, points out that the global share of exports of textile industry is expanding.

"Turkey is now one of the seven largest textile exporters in the world. We will strive to increase 5 percentage points and become the world's top five exporter.

In 2018, our textile exports to Africa reached a record high of about US $1 billion, an increase of 13.5% over the same period last year, and there is great potential, and the amount of textile exports to the Americas and European markets has also increased.

The president said.

MustafaG ltepe, President of the Istanbul apparel exporters association, said that Turkey's clothing export target was 10% growth in 2019.

At present, the largest export market is the United States and the European Union. Russia and the Middle East are also important target markets. The annual export target in the medium and long term is US $33 billion.

According to official figures, exports of textiles and clothing sectors in Turkey amounted to US $26 billion 100 million in 2018, up by 3.8% over the same period last year.

The advantages of developing Turkey's spinning and weaving services include the perfect infrastructure, rich design capabilities and advanced technology, and a large number of high-level talents.

In particular, it occupies a convenient geographical location and has the natural advantages of exporting to Europe.

G u ltepe said that in 2019, Turkey's spinning and clothing industry will go further into the world, so as to make full use of the advantage of its currency depreciation to expand exports.

More than 500 Turkey brand shops are expected to open overseas.

In 2019, Turkey's spinning and weaving industry is expected to increase by 10% to 29 billion US dollars.