Chinese suppliers of socks making machines
Considering the size of the Turkish apparel market, the country has become the second largest exporter of socks in the world. The Turkish Statistical Institute has reported a total of 1.5 billion pairs of socks were exported in 2016, up from 1.2 billion pairs a year earlier.
The country's biggest competitor, China, makes a surprisingly large amount of the stuff. In fact, according to the Economic Research and Information Service of the Turkish Ministry of Industry and Trade, China produces more than 30 percent of the world's socks. This may be attributed to the Sock City in Zhuji in the Zhejiang province.
The city is home to more than 2,000 factories related to the sock trade. The main manufacturing hubs of the Turkish socks industry are Istanbul, Adana, and Gaziantep. The country's sock making prowess hasn't gone unnoticed by the rest of the world.
Aside from Turkey's enviable manufacturing prowess, the country's sock biz is also buoyed by government support. For example, the Turkish Statistical Institute reports that the country's textile industry has a brisk export business, netting $86 million in socks every month. The aforementioned statistics are only a small slice of the pie, however, with the Turkish apparel sector boasting an estimated 2.2 billion pairs of socks annually.
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