The Turkish textile exports were estimated at $704.248.000 in October 2011. Compared to the same period of the previous year, this is an increase of 12.3 per cent. Exports for the January-October period also increased by 25.8 per cent compared to the previous year. These figures indicate that the Turkish textile industry is again on an upswing.
The overwhelming response received to ITM Texpo Eurasia 2012 to be held during April 21-24 also underlines the importance of Turkey in the global textile industry. Most of the exhibition space has been fully booked. Foreign textile machinery manufacturers, who were not sure about the world textile industry trend and the future of textiles in Turkey a few months ago, do understand the growing importance of the Turkish companies, as the country ranked among the first three in terms of the number of exhibitors and visitors at the exhibition.
Especially in terms of machinery purchases, Turkish textile industrialists attracted attention in terms of their conscious investments as professional visitors at ITMA 2011. ITM Texpo Eurasia 2012 has received very good response from international exhibitors.
ITM Texpo Eurasia 2012 Exhibition organized simultaneously with HIGHTEX 2012 and Yarn Exhibition will be the most important sectoral meeting of the year. Hall 2 and Hall 3 dedicated for spinning and dyeing-printing-finishing technologies are fully booked. Hall 7, which is also dedicated to dyeing-printing-finishing technologies, is booked 70 per cent. Hall 12, dedicated to weaving-knitting technologies is booked 90 per cent, and in compliance with the space booking demands received, Hall 10 has also been dedicated for knitting and weaving technologies.