TURKEY: Textile Turnover May Rise To 150 Bln Usd
Turkish State Minister Kursad Tuzmen said Thursday he believes Turkey's textile and ready-made clothing turnover will climb to 150 billion USD. "Turkey is in the eighth place in world textiles, and the fourth in ready-to-wear industry," Tuzmen told in the inauguration ceremony of the 11th International Fashion Fair…
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Turkish State Minister Kursad Tuzmen said Thursday he believes Turkey's textile and ready-made clothing turnover will climb to 150 billion USD.
"Turkey is in the eighth place in world textiles, and the fourth in ready-to-wear industry," Tuzmen told in the inauguration ceremony of the 11th International Fashion Fair in Istanbul.
Tuzmen said Turkey's textile exports were up 17 percent and ready-made clothing exports were up 16 percent in 2007 despite extra-valuable new Turkish liras (YTL).
"Turkey earned 9.5 billion USD from textile exports, and 13 billion USD from ready-to-wear exports last year," he told.
250 firms are participating in the fair which will host a fashion show by designer Ozlem Suer on Thursday evening.
French designer Jean Luc Amsler will organize a fashion show on the second day of the fair. Ready-made clothes, knitwear, sportswear, underwear, socks, denim and accessories are on display in the fair that will.
Source: bharattextile.com
From the Egytex news archive, first published on 11 March 2008. Figures and names are as reported at the time.
