Last year, Turkey earned 42 million 631 thousand dollars from wool yarn exports, most of which are used in the carpet industry.
According to the information compiled by AA correspondent from the Aegean Exporters’ Association data, in 2020, wool yarn exports of 31 million 73 thousand dollars were made from Turkey to 85 countries.
Exporting wool yarn to 87 countries last year, Turkey increased its revenue from exports to 42 million 631 thousand dollars by increasing 37 percent compared to the previous year.
Germany ranked first with 8.2 million dollars in the ranking of the countries to which the most exports were made. This country was followed by the United Kingdom with 5.6 million dollars, the USA with 4.8 million dollars, Denmark with 4.7 million dollars and Norway with 2.9 million dollars.
Firms increased capacity
Demirci Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Nurettin Kelem told Anadolu Agency (AA) that his family has been producing woolen yarn in Manisa for three generations and that they moved their factory from Demirci district to Salihli Organized Industrial Zone with an investment of 50 million liras last year to meet the demand in the foreign market.
Explaining that almost all of Turkey’s woolen yarn exports are carried out by 3 companies, one in Uşak and the other in Isparta, Kelem continued as follows:
“We established a factory here to increase our production capacity and to leave Demirci and be close to main roads and customs. Our area is 33 thousand acres, we closed 7 thousand square meters of it. There are 100 jobs currently. We will employ 100 more people in 1 year.”
Noting that other companies are also increasing their capacity, Kelem said, “There is a great advantage in exporting in our sector. There is such a wide variety of markets in our sector… Let me give an example: If one country in our target markets decreases its wool carpet production, another increases it and we concentrate there. We use these advantages very well. We also think about what else can be done with added value.” used the phrases.
