UTİB, which aims to raise awareness of our sector at the fair with its trend area organization, to draw attention to Turkish products and to conduct buyer studies, exhibited a special design at its stand with samples of fabric and sustainable textile products reflecting the latest trends of the participants.
While evaluating the fair and the sector, UTİB President Pınar Taşdelen Engin said, “We exported textiles to a total of 199 countries and regions in 2022. We reached a kilogram export value of 7.8 dollars. We continue our work on R&D, innovation, design, branding and eco-friendly production in order for the sector to stand out in the global competitive environment. We exhibited our products with these features at this fair as well. The trend area created by our union also attracted attention and became the center of attraction of foreigners. We want to increase our exports and improve our added value with value-added production, effective participation in international fairs, and the support of commercial purchasing delegations."
At Minimum of 1 billion dollars Export Target in Textiles
While underlining that the USA is a very important country for the textile industry, Taşdelen Engin said, “Together with the ready-made clothing industry, we are Turkey's second largest exporter sector with an export of 31.6 billion dollars. We provide the highest foreign exchange inflow to Turkey, with a foreign trade surplus of approximately 20 billion dollars. As two sectors, we exported over 1.5 billion dollars to the USA last year. While the USA imported 2.1 billion dollars in non-woven textile product groups in 2022, Turkey's exports to the USA were 128.1 million dollars. We do not find sufficient the amount of exports which we conducted to the world's largest importing country. We can show our quality, innovative and sustainable production power more clearly in this market and reach at least 1 billion dollars of exports in textiles alone."
USA Reached 3.3 Trillion Dollars in Total Imports
-In 2022, US imports increased by 15% and reached 3.3 trillion dollars.
-The main import countries are China, Mexico, Canada, Japan, Germany, Vietnam, S. Korea, Taiwan, India and Ireland. Türkiye ranks 25th in the country's imports with a share of 0.6 percent.
-In 2022, our exports to the USA increased by 20 percent to 20 billion 428 million dollars, with our imports increased by 26 percent and reached 14 billion 993 million dollars.
-Turkey exported 1 billion dollars worth of ready-made clothing products to the USA with an increase of 6.3 percent last year, and also recorded an increase in exports with 548 million dollars in textiles by 15.2 percent.
Foreign Delegation Consisting of 70 People from Ten Countries Visited Bursa
The Ecological Textiles UR-GE project, carried out by UTİB in order to strengthen the presence of ecological textiles in international markets, continued to open new doors for cooperation with the fifth purchasing delegation event. UTİB's Ecological Textiles UR-GE Project is carried out with the support of the Ministry of Commerce within the framework of the Decree on Export Supports numbered 5973. The procurement committee event organized in this context was held with the participation of 8 companies in the UR-GE cluster. The event, where a purchasing delegation of approximately 70 people from England, Spain, Italy, Poland, Netherlands, Russia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Albania and Belarus was hosted in Bursa, witnessed business meetings where the products of the leading companies of the textile industry were exhibited and there was intense participation. Thanks to the organization, the foundations laid for the important collaborations.
