Uludağ Textile Exporters’ Association (UTİB)
Uludağ Textile Exporters’ Association (UTİB) was founded in Bursa in 1986 under the umbrella of the Uludağ Exporters’ Associations. As of the beginning of 2025, UTİB has 3,837 active members.
Today, our Association exports to more than 160 countries and regions on all continents, especially to the USA, Germany, Spain, Belarus, Egypt, Italy, Morocco, and the UK, and reached a total export value of $1 billion 272 million at the end of 2024. In recent years, the Uludağ Textile Exporters’ Association has organized numerous events such as congresses, workshops, national participation in international fairs, buying missions, trend zones, seminars, training, and the TechXtile Challenge. Furthermore, it has succeeded in being a role model for the sector and other leading sectors with its projects and activities.
The textile sector is one of the traditional industries of our country and is one of the cornerstones of our success story in industry and exports. The Turkish textile and ready-to-wear sector as a whole is currently the number one sector with the largest foreign trade surplus. In addition, it contributes significantly to the reduction of unemployment and the welfare of society through the employment it creates. The Turkish Textile Sector has a very special place in the world due to its product quality, designs that have the power to set fashion and trends, and its high technology. As the top-ranking sector in our country based on parameters such as its share in GDP and use of domestic input, it also forms the foundation of our existence in global markets.
Türkiye is the largest textile-producing country on the European continent. Furthermore, our country is the seventh-largest cotton producer in the world. The machine park established for the production of embroidery and guipure in home textiles is the largest in the world. Europe’s largest duvet cover producing factory is in Türkiye. It is one of the top three towel suppliers in the world. Türkiye’s share of world textile exports is approximately 3.4%, and 3.8% in home and space textiles (2024).