The total exports of textiles and raw materials in Turkey increased by 8% to US$ 5.3 billion in the first half of 2018. From January to June, the most important export market for Turkey in this sector was Italy. Exports to Italy rose by 5.8% in January-June 2018 to US$ 474 million.

Germany was second. Exports of textiles and raw materials to Germany were US$ 440 million in the first half of the year, up by 8.3%, compared to the same period of the previous year.

The third major export market was Bulgaria. Exports to Bulgaria declined by 13.7% to US$ 286 million, recording the biggest drop in the first half of the year.

The most exported product in the first half of 2018 was woven fabrics. In this period, woven fabric exports increased by 8.3%, compared to the same period of 2017 and amounted to US$ 1.3 billion.

The second most exported product was yarn, which constitutes 18.1% of total textile exports in Turkey. Yarn exports were worth US$ 961 million in the January-June period of 2018. The third important product group is the knitted fabrics. In the first half, exports of knitted fabrics increased by 2.3% to US$ 801 million.

The fourth most exported product group was fibres. Fibre exports increased by 16.9% in January - June 2018 to US$ 337 million.

Turkey also continues its growth in technical textiles. Technical textile exports increased by 20.1% in the first half to US$ 898 million.