Dubai Buyers Line Up For Turkish Furniture

Mediterranean Furniture, Paper and Forest Products Exporters' Association (AKAMİB) realized an export of 18,6 million 86 thousand dollars in November with an increase of 270 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. In the January-November period, the Union increased its exports by 26,5 percent compared to the same period of the previous year and made 804 million 677 thousand dollars of exports.

In November, the highest amount of exports was made to Iraq with an increase of 7 percent and 20,2 million dollars compared to the previous year's November, followed by Germany with a 2 percent increase and 5,2 million dollars, and Israel with a 22 percent increase and 4,5 million dollars. Exports to Qatar, where bilateral relations have strengthened rapidly in the recent period, increased by 758 percent to 2 million dollars.

Union in November, 20,5 million dollars of furniture with an increase of 55 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, 21 million dollars of timber, crates, cages and pallets with an increase of 13 percent, 0,5 million dollars of paper, cardboard and printed publications with an increase of 11,5 percent, compared to the same period of the previous year. It exported 64,6 million dollars of other wood products with an increase of 3,8, and 16,1 million dollars of forest products with an increase of 2,7 percent.

Intense interest in Turkish furniture in Dubai

Stating that the overseas marketing activities they carried out in Dubai within the scope of Hatay Furniture and Accessories URGE project were very successful, Onur Kılıçer, President of AKAMİB, said, “We encountered intense interest from Dubai companies. We extended the duration of the event, in which we had more than 250 bilateral meetings, by 1 hour, upon the request of companies from Dubai. This positive perception in Dubai, which is critical for us to increase our market share in the Gulf countries, motivated us.” Stating that they are planning an intensive promotional activity to increase exports in new markets next year, Kılıçer said, “We will organize commercial delegations to 4 corners of the world from Canada to Australia. We will further increase the momentum we have achieved in exports.”

Furniture manufacturer and sub-industrialist should develop solutions together

Underlining that the steps taken to overcome the problems in the supply of raw materials and intermediates in the recent period have also created grievances in the sector, President Kılıçer said, “The fact that the products produced by the supplier industry are included in the category of products subject to registration in the short term seems to have solved the problem of furniture manufacturers, but it causes grievances in the supplier industry. While solving the problem of a sector, it is necessary to develop a common solution without ignoring the expectations of the other sectors that feed it. Furniture manufacturers should come together with raw material and intermediate manufacturers and develop solutions that will strengthen the sector's strength and pave the way for the long term.