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Turkiye boosts value-added textile exports, curbs imports in Jan–Oct

During January–October ****, fibre dominated textile imports at $*.** billion, accounting for **.** per cent of the total, reflecting the industry’s sustained dependence on raw material inflows due to limited domestic fibre availability, particularly for man-made fibres. Yarn imports stood at $*.** billion, or **.** per cent, while fabric imports were comparatively lower at $*.** billion, or **.** per cent. Compared with the same period of ****, total textile imports declined from $*.** billion, driven mainly by a sharp fall in yarn imports from $*.** billion. This decline points to improved utilisation of domestic spinning capacity, cost pressures on imported yarn, and policy-driven efforts to strengthen local value chains, according to *fashion.com/market-intelligence/texpro-textile-and-apparel/" target="_blank">sourcing intelligence tool TexPro.

On the export side, fabrics remained the backbone of Turkiye’s textile shipments, generating $*.** billion in January–October **** and accounting for **.** per cent of total textile exports. Yarn exports reached $*.** billion, or **.** per cent, while fibre exports increased to $***.* million, lifting their share to **.** per cent from *.** per cent a year earlier. Although overall exports were marginally lower than $*.** billion in the year-ago period, the stable product mix underlines Turkiye’s competitive strength in mid-stream processing segments such as weaving, knitting and finishing, where lead times, quality consistency and proximity to European buyers provide an advantage.