Turkiye's home textile industry earns $5 bn export revenue in 2022

21 May '23

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Turkiye's home textile industry's export revenues were worth $5 billion last year, according to the Home Textile Association, which organised a five-day HOMETEX fair that concluded yesterday.
The fair is expected to boost the country's exports by 20-25 per cent.
The number of exhibitors rose by 15 per cent this year compared to last year.

Turkiye’s home textile industry’s export revenues were worth $5 billion last year, Home Textile Association (TETSIAD) head Hasan Huseyin Bayram told participants at the five-day HOMETEX fair, which concluded yesterday.

The fair is expected to boost the country’s exports by 20-25 per cent, said Bayram.

Close to 850 companies participated in the fair. The number of exhibitors rose by 15 per cent this year compared to last year, Ibrahim Burkay, head of the Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Trade, was quoted as saying by a domestic newspaper.

A large number of companies located in the provinces of Bursa, Kahramanmaras, Denizli, Adana, Ankara and Gaziantep attended HOMETEX this year and the number of international exhibitors significantly increased as well.

HOMETEX was launched 31 years ago.

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