BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug. 31
By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:
Turkey's export of ready-made clothes to the US increased by 17.64 percent from January through July 2020, compared to the same period of 2019, making up $435.3 million, the Turkish Ministry of Trade told Trend on Aug. 31.
In July 2020, the export of Turkish clothes to the US rose by 53.42 percent compared to July 2019, having reached $110 million.
The export of the Turkish ready-made clothes to the world markets decreased by 15.3 percent from January through July 2020, compared to the same period of 2019, amounting to $8.7 billion.
The ministry noted that the export of ready-made clothes was 9.8 percent of the country's total export during the reporting period.
Turkey exported the ready-made clothes worth $1.8 billion to the world markets in July 2020, which is an 8.4 percent increase compared to the same month of 2019, the ministry said.
Export of ready-made clothes in July 2020 accounted for 12.1 percent of the country's total export.
Turkey exported the ready-made clothes worth over $16 billion abroad over the past 12 months (from July 2019 through July 2020).
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