Turkey is an important producer and exporter in the global textile industry. Textile has strategic importance for Turkey as it is the sector with the second highest share in the Turkish economy. Thanks to its high quality and wide product range, Turkey is one of the world's largest textile exporting countries. The textile sector is the locomotive sector of the country due to its contribution to the country's economy. The raw material of this sector is cotton. Turkey supports the development of the textile industry by producing and importing high-quality cotton.
As a global leader in the textile industry, Turkey supports research-development studies, sustainability, and technology for the development of the industry. Turkey's export rate in the textile sector is increasing every month. The textile industry reached the best amount of all time with exports worth 12.9 billion dollars in 2021. In 2021, records were broken in textile exports in 96 countries. In the light of the latest updated data, exports amounted to 4.4 billion dollars in the first half of 2022. Among the countries that export the most textile products from Turkey are the USA, Germany, Italy, and other EU countries.