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Biggest share goes to weaving and garment
sectors
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country and the developments in the exportation of textile
products, it is evident that the share of investments in
the textile sector has increased compared to the investments
in other sectors. Especially all the production and commission
demands which were oriented towards Turkey instead of China
and other Far Eastern countries due to SARS, have increased
the investments. As a consequence, the investments have
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exceeded the expected figures. For instance, while the total
investment (with current prices) in the scope of incentive certificate
in the textile and garment sectors was 631 trillion TL in 2000,
it increased up to one quadrillion TL in 2001. In this respect,
while the new predicted employment demand was 32.303 in 2000,
it was 21.066 in 2001. Textile and Garment sectors are making
use of Eximbank credits above their share in exports.
In the first four months of 2003, the total investments which
were held within the scope of incentive and directed towards
all the sectors were 4 quadrillion 75.1 trillion TL. One fourth
of these investments were in the textile sector. Within the
scope of incentive certificates, which were issued in January-April
period, a 2 quadrillions 292.3 trillions TL portion of the investment
projects were completely new investments and a 1 quadrillion
9.2 trillions portion of them were expansion investments. The
remaining portion was composed of finishing, renovation, quality
control, expanding bottlenecks, modernization, integration,
increasing the products in variety and financial leasing investments.
Regional allocation of textile firms
80% of the garment industry is composed of SMEs and a large
part of it is making commission production. However, textile
sector is mainly composed of big sized firms. The number of
firms in this sector is approximately 40 thousand and 1/4 of
them are active exporters. Approximately 1/4 of the 500 large
industrial organizations are in the textile and garment industry.
The number of companies with foreign capital is 294. 93 of these
companies are in the textile and 201 are in the ready-made clothing
sector. A large number of garment firms are in Marmara region
and textile firms are concentrated mainly in Southeast Anatolia,
Mediterranean, Aegean and Marmara regions. The biggest share
in manufacturing is that of the textile sector
The biggest shares in manufacturing sector belong to weaving
and garment sub-sectors in order of importance. 9,563 Investment
Incentive Certificates were issued in the weaving and garment
sub-sectors.
Total fixed investment amount of these certificates is 10.736.500
millions TL in the weaving and garment sub-sectors. Meanwhile,
the number of the employees predicted in these certificates
is 822.664.
ITM Exhibtion
Turkish International Exhibition and Conference on new developments
and technologies in the textile machinery design and manufacturing
industries will be held in Istanbul during June 1-6, 2004.
With its easy transportation possibilities, substructure and
large accommodation capacity, Istanbul has all the properties
to be an ideal host for the world textile machinery show.
Turkey continues to draw interest in international areas with
its potential, experience, skilled labour work, low cost production
and quality.
Turkish Textile Industry did not slow down even during the
last economic crisis. Especially, recent investment and renewing
works will significantly assist in increasing Turkey's competitive
power in future. Turkish textile industry will advance
via the progresses like improving quality, increasing the Research
and Development investments, qualifying employed labor and renewing
technologies.
Turkish textile industry should take the advantage of all opportunities
for being able to play for the top and also it must create its
own opportunities. The best way to become famous worldwide and
to be a part of globalization is to organize international fairs.
The commercial fairs are the organizations where sellers and
consumers meet and new business relationships are determined
and limited intervals are realized. Also producers have a chance
to advertise their production in these important meeting places.
Fairs have the most appropriate ambiance for building international
business relationships. It is also important that the latest
technologies in the world textile industry are exhibited.
Organizing fairs that aims to assist investors and follow technological
innovations is useful for Turkey and will be summit of the textile
sector. Istanbul, the capital of textile industry of Turkey
and the transition point of world textile, is the most right
center in order to meet Turkish and world machine producers.
With its advantages like regular transportation, substructure,
large accommodation capacity and being an industry and trade
center, Istanbul will be the host of largest textile machinery
show in Turkey from 1 June to 6 June 2004.
It is possible to travel daily from Istanbul, which will host
this huge organization , to more than twenty countries. Moreover,
Istanbul is an important meeting point for land, air and marine
transportation besides its high quality and economic accommodation
possibilities, entertainment, culture and shopping centers.
Istanbul with a history of more than 2750 years has enough potential
to be the host of exhibitors and visitors from all around the
world. It is an important metropolis for such a worldwide fair.
At the same time , Istanbul is the meeting place of the new
economic geography which consists of more than thirty countries
with a population of over 700 million.
Tekstil Teknoloji Dergisive Teknik Fuarcilik Yayincilik, Reklamcilik
Danismanlik Tic. Ltd. Sti. Fabrikalar Cad. No: 1 Kat: 2 Besyol
Florya 34295, Instabul, Turkey.
Tel: 90 212 592 5992, Fax: 90 212 599 3882,
Email: polatulgenturk@tekstilteknoloji.com.tr
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