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

Turkiye's apparel exports to Africa experienced a sharp decline in 2020, reaching $570.534 million. However, before the pandemic, the country had been recording healthy growth, with exports going from $604.827 million in 2018 to $707.549 million in 2019, as per Fibre2Fashion’s market insight tool TexPro. 

Despite the pandemic, Turkiye's apparel exports to Africa showed promising recovery in 2021, but this momentum was not sustained in 2022. In 2022, Africa accounted for 3.87 per cent of Turkiye's total apparel exports, which reached $19.075 billion. Before the pandemic, Africa's share in Turkiye's total garment exports was 3.23 per cent, with total apparel exports amounting to $15.072 billion in 2019. 

Nonetheless, Turkiye's imports of apparel from Africa increased significantly in 2022, compared to the previous year. The imports had slipped to $126.990 million in 2020 from $155.503 million in 2019 before bouncing back in 2021, as per TexPro. 

ALCHEMPro News Desk (KUL)