Decor March April 2022

in total. In 2022, we also expect the visitor numbers to
rise in accordance with the increase in the exhibitors
and the displayed product range.
Which markets are currently the most important for
the Turkish rug industry? What volumes and values
were exported there in the last 12 months?
Turkish rug industry is exporting worldwide. Beside
this USA, Germany, UK, Egypt, UAE, Libya, Bulgaria,
and Iraq are the top export countries of Turkey in
2021, the total export number was 3,2 billion USD.
In parallel to construction sector development in
Africa, the importance of African countries and Middle
East, is getting highly interesting for the Turkish
flooring industry.
What can visitors expect in terms of products? Are
there new trends in materials, qualities, colors?
Domotex Turkey’s product group is ranging from
machine-made carpets and rugs; handmade carpets
and rugs; textile floor coverings (wall to wall); resilient
floor covering laminate; fibers, yarns and woven
fabrics; laying, cleaning and application technologies;
to artificial grass and sports flooring, the machinery
and flooring application and technologies.
Nano-carpets, which contain natural minerals and
are self-cleaning with the light of the environment,
have become even more trending with the pandemic.
In addition to carpets, antibacterial resilient floor
coverings and laminates will also be exhibited at our
fair. Therapy carpets, which create anti-static and
reflexological effects with mineral application, will
be displayed as a brand-new innovation. In addition
to decorative carpets and non-slip carpets, which
have been attracting a lot of attention in recent years,
premium machine-made carpets with hand-woven
look, will be among the main products to be exhibited
at the fair.
With regards to the colors, the most important design
trend is the usage of natural pastel colors.
Basically, the interior design is much less colorful.
Naturalness, purity and deep sophisticated postures
are gaining more importance in the designs, while
colors are noticed only in the details.
Even though machine-woven rugs will certainly be
by far the most important product group at the fair;
there are also many important suppliers of handmade
rugs in Turkey. Will they also be represented
in Gaziantep?
Hand-made carpets are an important part of Turkish
culture and a very important product group of Domotex
brand, but it is good to remember that Domotex
Turkey’s product group is mostly machine-made
carpets. Since Gaziantep is the worldwide center of
machine-woven carpets with its production capacity
and exports figures, although Domotex Turkey’s exhibitor
profile is majorly composed of these producers
in the industry, the hand-woven carpet will also be
represented at our fair during 14-17 May in Gaziantep.
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