Automotive Exports December 2022

10-month
Turkish furniture,
paper exports
outperform 2021
figures
Türkiye’s total exports of furniture, paper
and forestry industry products have
reached $6.92 billion (TL 128.75 billion)
in the January-October period, with an
increase of 24% compared to the same
period of the previous year, data showed.
While the increase in overall exports across
the country was 15% in 10 months, there
was a 24% increase in the furniture sector.
With this rise, the sector almost reached
the exports made throughout 2021 which
was $6.99 billion, the data by the Istanbul
Furniture, Paper and Forest Products
Exporters’ Association (ORSİAD) showed.
The share of the furniture industry,
meanwhile, in this figure amounted to
$3.93 billion with an increase of 13.9%.
Erkan Özkan, head of the ORSİAD, said
that although there were difficulties in
supplying raw material all over the world,
adding, however, that “our exporting
companies were affected by this at a
minimum level with the bilateral relations
they have established.”
He said they aim to reach $5 billion in
furniture exports by the end of this year by
maintaining the current success.
Iraq took the lion’s share with $432.1
million among the countries to which the
furniture industry exported the most,
followed by Germany with $333 million and
Israel with $207.8 million.
Meanwhile, Türkiye’s furniture exports to
Qatar rose by 97% making it the country
with the highest increase in exports this
year.
The most exported products of the sector
in the said period were bedsteads and
cradles for children, wooden furniture for
dining and living rooms, metal furniture
and compact furniture that can be turned
into a bed.
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