Turkey’s export data for the month of July 2024 was shared by the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM). With 22 billion 512 million dollars, the highest July export figure of all time was reached. In July 2023, exports of the furniture, paper and forestry products sector, which was 606 million dollars in July, amounted to 707 million dollars in the same month of this year.
While the sector exported 4.5 billion dollars in the first seven months of the year, Iraq took the first place among the countries with the highest exports with 617 million dollars. In the second place was the United Kingdom with 244 million dollars and in the third place was the United States of America with 216 million dollars of exports. In the continuation of the list, there are countries such as Germany, Libya, Iran, Morocco, France, Romania and Georgia, while the country where the export share increased the most was the United States of America with 26.56 per cent.
We continue our steady rise
The furniture, paper and forest products industry continues to take steps to meet its target despite the currencies and tensions between countries in the world economy. Evaluating the sector’s export performance in July, Istanbul Furniture, Paper and Forest Products Exporters’ Association President Erkan Özkan said, “We have had a boom since the first hours of the year. There was a slight decrease in the numbers only during periods when public holidays were long, but we recovered later. Together with all our representatives, we are working hard to exceed our main target of 8 billion dollars by the end of the year. Currently, our producers are working with high energy, gaining good momentum. “We are making great efforts to provide maximum contribution to the country’s economy in these difficult conditions,” he said.
