Tag: eib
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New presidents of textile and apparel exporters’ associations emphasize “unity”
Leadership of the textile and apparel exporters’ associations has passed to new names. Emphasizing Türkiye’s strength and strategic importance in textiles and apparel, the incoming presidents underlined the importance of unity, while also addressing key themes such as sustainability, digitalization and artificial intelligence in their remarks. İTHİB President Ahmet Şişman: “We see this not as…
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Turkish leather sector focuses on Chinese market to overcome the crisis
The Turkish leather sector has decided to implement the “Leather and Leather Goods Sector Medium Term Program” under the coordination of the Aegean Leather and Leather Products Exporters’ Association in order to stop the downward trend in exports. The sector aims to get out of the crisis by strengthening relations with China and increasing its…
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Aegean textile manufacturers increase export targets to US following new tariff rates
The new tariffs imposed by the US have put Türkiye in a more advantageous position compared to its competitors in the textile sector, such as China and Vietnam. Speaking at the ordinary financial general assembly meeting of the Aegean Textile and Raw Materials Exporters‘ Association (ETHİB) for 2024, Jak Eskinazi, Coordinator President of the Aegean…
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Leather sector regressed to 7 years ago with 1.5 billion dollar exports
Turkish leather and leather products exports decreased by 530 million dollars in the last 3 years from 2 billion 56 million dollars to 1 billion 526 million dollars. Imports of leather and leather products increased from 1 billion 810 million dollars to 2 billion 420 million dollars. In 2022, Türkiye was in the position of…
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The exchange rate loss of the dollar against the Turkish lira lowered export targets
When the government’s Medium-Term Program (MTP) announced for the 2025-27 period was compared with the 2023-26 MTP announced in 2023, Türkiye’s export targets for 2024 and 2026 were lowered by 13 billion dollars. Aegean Exporters’ Association (EİB) Coordinator Chairman Jak Eskinazi made a statement on the subject; “It is written in the program that the…