Apparel exports from Turkey increased by 23.02 per cent year-on-year in the first eleven months of 2021, according to the data from the Turkish Statistical Institute and the country’s ministry of trade. In January-November 2021, Turkey exported apparel worth $16.676 billion, compared to exports of $13.555 billion during the corresponding period of 2020.

Category-wise, exports of knitted and crocheted clothing and accessories (HS chapter 61) earned $9.808 billion during the first eleven months of 2021, registering a sharp growth of 30.2 per cent over $7.531 billion earned during the same period of the previous year.

Exports of non-knitted apparel and accessories (HS chapter 62) were valued at $6.868 billion, showing an increase of 14.0 per cent compared to $6.023 billion exports made in January-November 2020.

Among non-apparels, exports of carpets, mats matting and tapestries (HS chapter 57) shot up by 26.7 per cent to $2.951 billion, during the period under discussion.

Exports of old clothing and other textile articles and rags (HS chapter 63) also grew by 15.6 per cent to $2.615 billion during January-November 2021.

Meanwhile, Turkey's imports of cotton, cotton yarn and cotton textiles (HS chapter 52) increased substantially by 42.2 per cent to $3.289 billion.

By Fibre2Fashion 
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