Overall textile and apparel operations account for 24% of the country’s industrial employment, and the report indicates that textile exports have grown rapidly in the 2000-06 period.

Turkey’s technical textile exports have more than doubled in the six-year period. In 2000, shipments were worth $405 million, while in 2006 exports totalled approximately $847 million. Germany was its largest export destination, accounting for around $147 million of its technical textiles.

Excluding apparel, textile exports totalled approximately $6.1 billion in 2006, up 12.2% compared with 2005.