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Turkiye's fabric exports dip, imports rebound in H1 2025

08 Sep '25
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Turkiye's fabric exports dip, imports rebound in H1 2025
Turkiye's fabric exports dip, imports rebound in H1 2025

Insights

  • Turkiye's fabric exports fell **.*5 per cent to $*.*** billion in January–June 2025, extending a three-year decline since 2022.
  • Italy remained the top buyer, while Belarus, Morocco, Spain, and Egypt followed.
  • Imports, however, rose **.*9 per cent after two years of contraction, led by China, Egypt, and Italy.
  • The shift signals weaker export competitiveness but stabilising domestic demand.

Fabric exports have been on a downward trajectory since peaking at $*.*** billion in ****. They slipped *.** per cent to $*.*** billion in **** and fell further by *.** per cent to $*.*** billion in ****. This marks the third consecutive year of contraction, signalling structural challenges for the Turkish textile industry, according to sourcing intelligence tool TexPro.

Italy was Turkiye’s top export destination in H* ****, with shipments worth $***.*** million (*.** per cent of total exports). Other key markets were Belarus ($***.*** million, *.** per cent), Morocco ($***.*** million, *.** per cent), Spain ($***.*** million, *.** per cent), and Egypt ($***.*** million, *.** per cent), as per TexPro.

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