Turkiye’s apparel exports to UK stood at $1,513.857 million in the first nine months of 2022, with cotton apparel dominating with more than 50 per cent share in the total exports and manmade fabrics taking up the second place with 35.33 per cent share. Turkiye’s cotton apparel exports amounted to $794.245 million in the period under review. 

The export value of cotton apparel was 4.26 per cent lower in January to September 2022 than the value in the same period of last year. Turkiye had exported cotton apparel worth $829.542 million to the UK in January-September 2021, 35.37 per cent higher than the exports during the corresponding period of 2020, as per data from Fibre2Fashion’s market insight tool TexPro. 

As for manmade apparel, Turkiye exported these products worth $534.846 million in January-September 2022. In the total apparel exports, the share of apparel made of wool/animal hair was 0.82 per cent ($12.397 million), while silk accounted for merely 0.01 per cent ($81,127). 

Turkiye’s apparel exports constituted 69.41 per cent ($1,050.770 million) knitted fabric and 30.59 per cent ($463.087 million) woven fabric. Unisex apparel made up for 47.26 per cent ($715.485 million) of the exports, followed by womenswear at 37.04 per cent ($560.718 million) and menswear at 14.28 per cent ($216.198 million), according to TexPro.