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Turkish textile, which quickly overcame the stagnation caused by the pandemic in foreign trade, increased its exports by 50% in 2021 compared to the same period of the previous year. Sabri Korkmaz, the Founder of Shout, one of the players in the textile industry, which has reached an export of 9.8 billion dollars in the first 7 months, said, "We aim to carry our products with the label of 'Made in Turkey' to wider geographies by taking the 'street fashion' wind that we have caught in the last period behind us."

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ISTANBUL (TR) - According to TÜIK data, Turkey earned 14 billion dollars from textile exports in 2020. The sector, which made a dynamic start to 2021 compared to last year, saw $ 9.8 billion at the end of the first 7 months. The highest export was made to the USA with 1.2 billion dollars, followed by Germany with 1.1 billion dollars, Italy with 6.2 million dollars and the United Kingdom with 6.1 million dollars. Sabri Korkmaz, the Founder of Izmir-based clothing brand Shout, evaluated the positive developments in the textile industry with the following words: “We see that the recovery after the pandemic is progressing rapidly. Especially after Europe's interest in Turkish textile, we are working to deliver our products to more countries. We see the locomotive of growth in street fashion, which is the favorite of young generations.”

"Made in Turkey" will move its products to wider geographies

According to TurkStat data, the textile sector, which has a significant share in Turkey's total exports, signed 8.5% of the export revenue obtained in the first 7 months of the year. Sabri Korkmaz said: “the performance captured by the sector is very promising not only in terms of our economy but also in terms of domestic producers like us. We have been investing in high quality production for years. We produce our designs according to Organic Textile standards in a way that does not harm human health. We aim to carry our products labeled ‘Made in Turkey' to wider geographies with the power of the wind that we catch from street fashion. ”

It will carry its "Made in Turkey" labeled products to wider geographies

According to TÜIK data, the textile industry, which has a significant share in Turkey's total exports, has achieved 8.5% of the export revenue in the first 7 months of the year. Sabri Korkmaz, who stated that behind this success is the sectoral efforts to increase production and exports based in Turkey, said: “The performance achieved by the sector is very promising not only for our economy but also for Turkish producers like us. We have been investing in high quality production for years. We produce our designs according to Organic Textile Standards in a way that does not harm human health. With the power of the wind we caught from street fashion, we aim to carry our products labeled as 'Made in Turkey' to wider geographies. ”

“They spend an average of $200 on a single product”

Saying that according to a global survey conducted by PwC's consulting company Strategy& and Hypebeast, more than 60% of street fashion consumers are under the age of 25, Korkmaz stated that one of the new and important export markets is the internet. Korkmaz continued his words as follows: “Half of this audience buys their products from brands' websites and spends an average of 200 dollars on a single product. For this reason, we will expand our market by investing in technology and supply chain while maintaining traditional sales. I believe that street fashion is the new locomotive of the textile industry.”