World textile and apparel trade and production trends: Egypt,Morocco,Tunisia and Turkey

摘要

Textile and clothing exports from Egypt rose by 13.1% in 2018.The rise reflected increases in exports to most of Egypt's eight largest foreign markets during the year—including China,the EU,India,Tunisia,Turkey and the USA.In fact,the only declines were in exports to Canada and Saudi Arabia.Clothing exports from Morocco increased by 2.3% in 2018.The increase was reflected in growth in sales of Moroccan clothing in the EU and the USA.Furthermore,sales in the EU and the USA continued to rise in the first half of 2019.Textile production and clothing production in Morocco,meanwhile,were up in 2018 and during the first quarter of 2019.Textile and clothing exports from Tunisia rose by 18.3% in 2018 and were up by 14.5% during January-May 2019.However,sales of Tunisian textiles and clothing in the EU—by far the country's largest market—rose by a much slower 3.7% in 2018 and were down by 1.2% during January-May 2019.Having said that,these slow increases were due in part to the depreciation of the Tunisian dinar.Sales of Tunisian textiles and clothing in the USA,meanwhile,were up by a much more buoyant 16.5% in 2018 and 9.5% during January-June 2019.Production by Tunisian clothing and fur manufacturers rose by 2.1% in 2018 but production by textile manufacturers fell by 2.7%.Textile and clothing exports from Turkey rose by 4.0% in 2018 but during January-June 2019 they were down by 1.2%.The rise in 2018 reflected increases in sales of Turkish textiles and clothing in the EU—the country's largest market—and in the USA.Furthermore,sales of textiles and clothing in these two markets also rose in the first half of 2019.Clothing production in Turkey rose by 3.9% in 2018,representing the seventh consecutive year of growth,and textile production was up by 2.2%,.