İTHİB, which is the rooftop organization of the Turkish textile and raw materials industry, and which carries out nearly half of Turkey's textile and raw materials exports with its more than 7 thousand members, continues to organize events that will add value to the industry. Industry representatives and qualified global buyers will come together at the Texhibition Fair, which will be held in cooperation with İTHİB and Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (İTO). İTHİB President Ahmet Öksüz emphasized the huge importance of the Texhibition Fair that has been one of the most important projects in line with the industry targets in the global league.
“Istanbul Will Become the Center of Fashion”
While giving statistical figures about the 2-month’s export figures of the industry, Öksüz said the following, ‘’ In 2021, we achieved exports worth of 12.9 billion dollars. The first two months of the New Year shown an increase in exports for the textile industry and risen to 2.2 billion dollars by 15%. In specifics, an increase over %30 for the nations such as Italy, Spain, France and Morocco noted. On the other hand, our exports to US that considered being one of the most important target markets for us, increased to 134 million dollars by 12% in the months of January-February. Our target for 2022 is to surpass our 15 billion dollars’ worth of export that has broken every export record up to date and to reach new heights. Texhibition Fair will be the most important contributor to our export targets for 2022.Our fair, which expected to have a doping effect on our increased export figures; appeals to the textile industry in a large portfolio, such as major players in domestic and foreign ready-made clothing manufacturing, international chain stores, managers of stores specializing in certain product groups, managers of online sales platforms, importers, wholesalers, distributors, designers. Our sister union, Istanbul Ready-to-Wear and Apparel Exporters' Association (İHKİB), will organize IFCO Fair also in Istanbul Fair Center in February. These integrated fairs we carry out in Istanbul will play an important role in making Istanbul the fashion center for the Turkish textile and apparel industries.’’
“We Will Promote Turkish Textile Industry”
While evaluating the fair, Öksüz said, “Over 150 local manufacturers specialize in woven fabrics, knitted fabrics, denim fabrics, textile accessories and yarn product groups will participate in our fair. At the same time, thousands of visitors from all over the world are also expected to attend. In line with the sustainable export targets of our textile industry, we will continue our efforts on all platforms to ensure that Turkey can get a larger share in exports on a global scale. Our Texhibition Fair, in this context, will come to the fore as the holistic project not only to form B2B business connections but also to promote Turkish textile industry. Our trend areas that we install, and trend seminars and sustainability panels that we will hold; will shed light on the future projection of our industry. In this context, we are very happy to realize a multi-dimensional project that all our companies will benefit from.”
