Turkey ranks sixth in the world in garment exports, the country’s industry and technology minister Mustafa Varank recently told the 13th Istanbul Fashion Conference organised by the Turkish Clothing Manufacturers' Association (TGSD) and Istanbul Apparel Exporters Association (IHKIB). The Turkish garment industry recorded a $16.5 billion external trade surplus in 2019, he said.
“Among the production and industry sectors, we have the most exports in ready wear. The unit price per kilogram of our ready wear sector has surpassed $13 while this figure is at an average of $1.30 in our other exports,” he was quoted as saying by a Turkish English-language daily.Turkey ranks sixth in the world in garment exports, the country's industry and technology minister Mustafa Varank recently told the 13th Istanbul Fashion Conference organised by the Turkish Clothing Manufacturers' Association and Istanbul Apparel Exporters Association. The Turkish garment industry recorded a $16.5 billion external trade surplus in 2019.#
Over a million workers are directly employed in the garment industry and 68 per cent of these are women, he said.
“We have supported TL 7.5 billion of fixed investment with our incentive certificates. Thanks to that, 350,000 more jobs have been created,” he said.
The minister added the garment sector’s research and development and innovation projects have been supported by the government through the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBITAK), and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organization of Turkey (KOSGEB).
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