However, Turkiye was only the fifth largest supplier of apparel to Germany, which imported apparel worth $46.004 billion in 2022. Turkiye's share of the total imports into Germany was 7.66 per cent, according to Fibre2Fashion's market insight tool TexPro.
Germany's apparel imports from Turkiye increased to $3.521 billion in 2022, up from $2.936 billion in 2021. Inbound trade was valued at $2.612 billion in 2020, $2.621 billion in 2019, and $2.866 billion in 2018.
Both countries also engage in significant bilateral trade of fabric. Germany's imports of fabric from Turkiye increased to $199.004 million in 2022 from $194.090 million in 2021. The peak was recorded in 2018 at $230.491 million, but the inbound shipment eased to $194.381 million in 2019 and $176.036 million in 2020. Germany imported fabric worth $15.423 million in the first month of this year, as per TexPro.
Germany exports fabric to Turkiye too, but the volume is lower than its imports. The shipment of fabric from Turkiye to Germany was noted at $122.336 million in 2022, $92.586 million in 2021, $100.307 million in 2020, $130.461 million in 2019, and $123.892 million in 2018. The data shows volatility in the inbound shipment of fabric from Turkiye to Germany.
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