Turkiye’s fabric exports to Africa rose to $180.297 million during January–March 2025, up from $156.496 million in the same period last year. India’s exports also increased by 9.62 per cent, reaching $262.681 million in the first quarter of 2025, compared to $239.946 million in January–March 2024.
China’s exports to Africa showed milder growth, rising to $2,510.134 million from $2,281.313 million, according to Fibre2Fashion’s market insight tool TexPro. Despite the modest growth, China remained the dominant supplier among the three countries.
However, both China and Turkiye recorded a quarter-on-quarter decline in exports to Africa. China’s exports dropped by 10.92 per cent in Q1 2025 from $2,850.158 million in Q4 2024. Turkiye’s exports also decreased by 4.25 per cent from $188.923 million in the previous quarter, as per TexPro.
In 2024, China’s annual fabric exports to Africa totalled $10.157 billion, compared to $10.084 billion in 2023 and $10.464 billion in 2022. India’s exports were valued at $887.555 million in 2024, marking a 12.86 per cent decline from $1,018.463 million in 2023. In 2022, India had exported $1,086.097 million worth of fabric to the continent. Turkiye’s exports stood at $689.213 million in 2024, up from $635.803 million in 2023 and $685.710 million in 2022.
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