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Turkiye's apparel exports to Africa ease in 2022, imports shoot up

Turkiye&#**;s apparel exports to Africa experienced a sharp decline in ****, reaching $***.*** million. However, before the pandemic, the country had been recording healthy growth, with exports going from $***.*** million in **** to $***.*** million in ****, as per Fibre2Fashion’s market insight tool TexPro. 

Despite the pandemic, Turkiye&#**;s apparel exports to Africa showed promising recovery in ****, but this momentum was not sustained in ****. In ****, Africa accounted for *.** per cent of Turkiye&#**;s total apparel exports, which reached $**.*** billion. Before the pandemic, Africa&#**;s share in Turkiye&#**;s total garment exports was *.** per cent, with total apparel exports amounting to $**.*** billion in ****.