Tunisia's textile & apparel exports rise 16.78% in Q1 2023

28 Apr '23

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Tunisia's textile exports grew by 16.78 per cent in Q1 2023, reaching €788.3 million with a coverage rate of 145 per cent; exports of trousers grew by 16.99 per cent.
The EU is the primary destination for ready-to-wear clothing exports, accounting for 81 per cent of total exports.
Ready-to-wear clothing imports decreased in value by 51.11 per cent.

Tunisia’s textile and apparel exports grew by 16.78 per cent during the first quarter (Q1) of 2023, reaching TND 2,626.6 million, as per the country’s ministry of industry, mines, and energy. The sector also experienced a 14.61 per cent growth in euro terms compared to the same period in 2022, totalling €788.3 million, indicating an estimated coverage rate of 145 per cent.

The growth in Tunisia’s textile and apparel sector has surpassed the exports’ value achieved during the same period of 2019 by 22.11 per cent in dinars (TND 2,151.1 million) and 26.64 per cent in euros (€622.5 million), according to a report by a Tunisian press agency.

In March 2023, exports went up by 16.72 per cent to 926.4 million dinars, while the increase in euros reached 14.38 per cent, amounting to €278.2 million.

The export of trousers, which represent 29 per cent of total ready-to-wear clothing exports, showed a growth of 16.99 per cent during Q1 2023, equivalent to TND 646.2 million or €193.9 million, an increase of 14.82 per cent compared to the same period of 2022.

The French, Italian, German, Belgian, Portuguese, and Dutch markets in the European Union (EU) countries are the primary destinations for Tunisian ready-to-wear clothing exports. Exports to these regions totalled nearly €640.4 million in Q1 2023, a surge of 19.80 per cent compared to the previous year, accounting for 81 per cent of the sector’s total exports.

Meanwhile, Tunisia’s ready-to-wear clothing imports decreased in value by 51.11 per cent to 58.1 MD and in quantity by 26.26 per cent to 0.8 thousand tonnes, compared to the same period of 2022.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (NB)

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