 Turkey eyes $1.5 bn carpet export by end of 2018 November 5, 2018 - 15:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey targets $1.5 billion of carpet export by the end of 2018, a regional carpet export association head said on Monday, November 5, according to Anadolu Agency. Ahmet Kaplan, the head of Southeast Anatolia Carpet Exporters Association (GAHIB), said the United States comes at the first place as the major market for carpet export. “By the end of the year, we will have exported one third of the $1.5 billion target to the U.S.,” Kaplan said. Turkey has exported $350 million of carpet to the U.S. in the first nine months of the 2018, he added. Gaziantep, a southeastern Turkish province, manufactures 30 percent of the machine-woven carpets worldwide, while it produces 90 percent of Turkish carpets, Kaplan stated. He said Gaziantep performed $1.1 billion of carpet exports in the first nine months of 2018, adding that it targets $1.5 billion export at the end of the year.  Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads.   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |
