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

ABSTRACT

Textile and clothing exports from Egypt shot up by 36.4% in 2021. The rise represented a recovery after exports had declined by 13.4% in 2020—reflecting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. There were increases in exports in 2021 to most of Egypt's major markets, including Algeria, Canada, China, the EU, India, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, the UAE, the UK and the USA. Furthermore, strong growth was recorded in 2022 in sales of Egyptian textiles and clothing in the EU import market in the first half of the year and in the US import market in the first nine months of the year. Textile and clothing exports from Morocco rose by 25.9% in 2021 following a 17.3% fall in 2020. The rise in 2021 reflected increases in exports to almost all of Morocco's major markets, including the EU, Mauritania, Senegal, Tunisia, Turkey, the UK and the USA. Furthermore, in 2022 there was strong growth in sales of Moroccan clothing in the EU import market in the first half of the year and in the US import market in the first nine months of the year. Textile and clothing production in Morocco rose significantly in 2021 after declining in 2020. It was down in the first quarter of 2022 but was up sharply in the second quarter of 2022. Textile and clothing exports from Tunisia increased by 12.0% in 2021 following a 7.3% decline in 2020, and during January-July 2022 they were up by 20.8%. The increases in 2021 and during January-July 2022 reflected, primarily, trends in clothing exports while, geographically, they reflected trends in sales in the EU, UK and US markets. Production by Tunisian textile, clothing and fur manufacturers, meanwhile, rose by 10.8% in 2021 and during January-September 2022 it was up by 18.5%. Textile and clothing exports from Turkey rose by 26.1% in 2021 and during January-September 2022 they were up by 6.4%. The rise in 2021 reflected increases in exports to almost all of Turkey's major markets, including Belarus, Egypt, the EU, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia, the UAE, the UK, Ukraine and the USA. Furthermore, in 2022 there was strong growth in sales of Turkish clothing in the EU import market in the first half of the year, although growth in sales in the US import market slowed to just 0.8% in the first nine months of the year. Clothing production in Turkey rose by 24.0% in 2021 and was up by 33.4% during January-September 2022. Textile production, meanwhile, increased by 20.5% in 2021 but during January-September 2022 it inched down by 0.1%. © Textiles Intelligence Limited 2022.