Africa's share in Turkiye's apparel exports dips to 2.96% this year

According to Fibre2Fashion’s market insight tool TexPro, Africa’s share was 3.92 per cent in 2023, with Turkiye exporting $614.361 million worth of apparel to the continent out of a total of $15.678 billion. 

Trade data shows Africa’s share fell from 4.41 per cent in 2019 to 3.78 per cent in 2020. It briefly rose to 4.40 per cent in 2021 before declining again to 4.33 per cent in 2022 and 3.92 per cent in 2023. 

In terms of value, Turkiye’s apparel exports to Africa have mostly followed a downward trend, with the exception of 2021. Exports stood at $708.064 million in 2019, dropped to $564.922 million in 2020, rebounded to $773.259 million in 2021, then decreased to $737.609 million in 2022 and $614.361 million in 2023, as per TexPro.

Turkiye’s total apparel exports were recorded at $16.063 billion in 2019, $14.959 billion in 2020, $17.571 billion in 2021, $17.048 billion in 2022, and $15.678 billion in 2023. 

ALCHEMPro News Desk (KUL)