Turkish carpet industry exported to 178 countries in 8 months

İskender Kaplan, Chairman of the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM) Carpet Sector Board, stated in his written statement that the Turkish carpet industry maintains its strength despite global economic fluctuations.

Stating that they are working to increase exports, Kaplan said:

"We reached a huge shipment volume of 337.5 million square meters and 542 thousand tons in 8 months in our carpet exports across Turkey. When we look at our product groups, the flagship of our exports was again machine-made carpets. While 1 billion 347 million dollars of our total exports were machine-made carpets, we exported 306 million dollars of tufted carpets, 77 million dollars of hand-woven carpets and 8 million dollars of rugs. In our export network reaching 178 countries. "On a regional basis, American countries ranked first with 526 million dollars. We exported 429 million dollars to the Middle East countries and 285 million dollars to the European Union countries."

Stating that Gaziantep has a say in carpet exports, Kaplan stated that the city has accomplished important projects in exports.

Kaplan said, "Gaziantep alone assumed the lion's share of 1 billion 227 million dollars of our carpet exports. During this period, 356 million dollars of carpet exports were made from Istanbul and 62 million dollars of carpet exports were made from Uşak." he said.