Turkish jewellery exports jumped 72.1% within the first quarter, in comparison with the identical interval final yr, totaling $2.5 billion, in keeping with information from the Türkiye Exporters’ Assembly (TIM).
Türkiye’s whole exports elevated by 2.5% in January-March, reaching $65.3 billion, and the jewellery sector accounted for 3.9% of this whole, in keeping with information compiled by the Anadolu Agency (AA).
Of the overall $2.5 billion jewellery exports, $2.1 billion accounted for jewelers’ gold merchandise, $347.3 million unprocessed or semi-processed gold, $90.4 million jewelers’ silver merchandise and $31.7 million accounted for unprocessed or semi-processed silver.
Precious metals or precious-metal-plated metals totaled $22.8 million, and cultured pearls, valuable and semi-precious stones and merchandise fabricated from them, $1.9 million.
At the identical time, watches, elements, and watch elements coated with valuable metals made up $3.2 million, imitation jewellery $3.9 million, different unprocessed or semi-processed valuable metals $2.7 million and different merchandise fabricated from valuable metals $810,700.
The highest export within the jewellery sector was made to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with $1.2 billion, adopted by the United States with $199.5 million, Switzerland $181.5 million, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region $128 million and Mexico $92.6 million, Kyrgyzstan $88 million and Libya with $78.6 million.
Türkiye’s jewellery exports to the UAE rose by $838.4 million, whereas jewellery exports to Switzerland elevated by $157.1 million, Kyrgyzstan by $46.3 million, the U.S. by $37.5 million and Libya by $35.5 million within the first quarter.
Türkiye’s highest jewellery exports got here from Istanbul, whose items accounted for $1.9 billion, whereas Çorum in northern Anatolia made up for $646.1 million, Trabzon on the Black Sea coast $30.5 million, Kastamonu in northern Türkiye $16.4 million, Ankara $5.6 million and the northwestern metropolis of Sakarya $3 million.
Source: www.dailysabah.com