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Turkey's garment exports to Saudi Arabia jump threefold in 2022

Garment exports from Turkiye to Saudi Arabia declined to $***.*** million in ****, compared to the $***.*** million shipment value in ****. The trade was also severely impacted by the COVID-** pandemic. The shipment further decreased to less than ** per cent in **** due to trade restrictions, crashing to just $**.*** million from $***.*** million in ****, according to Fibre2Fashion&#**;s market insight tool TexPro. 

However, efforts by both nations to normalise their relations have had a positive impact on trade. Leaders’ visits also played an important role in the normalisation of relations. Turkiye&#**;s garment exports to Saudi Arabia surged *** per cent to $**.*** million in ****, as per TexPro. Reports suggest that the recovery in trade continued into the first two months of the current year.