Compiling a report with TUIK data, Turkish Home Textile Businessmen’s and Industrialists’ Association (TETSIAD) unveiled the 2014 export figures of Turkish home textile sector. The report shows that the export has not lose its speed recorded previous year and totaled USD 3 bn 330 million.
The report details the figures of home textile exports as USD 3,326,946,668 which represents 38.96% in the total textile exports of USD 8 billion 540 million. Towels and bathrobes take the lead in home textile items while Germany, Russian Federation and USA top the list in export markets. While big losses eye-catch in exports to Russia when compared to the volume of 2013 after the economic problems, countries like Romania, Iran and Holland have been the best increasing markets for home textiles in 2014
The first 20 countries which Turkey has been exporting home textile products are Germany, Russian Federation, USA, England, France, Holland, Italy, Ukraine, Poland, Iran, Romania, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Spain, Belgium, Israel, Austria, Estonia and Bulgaria.
The new route of Turkish home textiles is new markets
Evaluating the 2014 exports of the Turkish home textiles industry, TETSIAD President Yasar Kucukcalik said that they had been awaiting the EU countries restore after the economic and political crisis they have been going through but he said he wouldn’t expect positive developments soon. He said that all kinds of initiations have been done and would be done in order to increase Turkey’s share in European markets despite every kind of negative development happening in the region. President Kucukcalik said the companies should be in search of new markets in case their existing markets may have bigger problems. He suggested countries such as Far East, Africa and South America as good alternative markets. He also underlined the fact that the neighboring countries also have been going through political dilemma advising that the exporters should penetrate into new markets. The suggested new markets include Japan, China, Mexico, Chili, Brazil, Morocco, Tunis, Algeria, Libya, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ghana, Angola and South Africa.
