{"id":53145,"date":"2025-09-30T15:17:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/?p=53145"},"modified":"2025-09-30T15:17:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:17:59","slug":"turkish-furniture-exporters-new-route-the-balkans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/turkish-furniture-exporters-new-route-the-balkans.html","title":{"rendered":"Turkish Furniture Exporters\u2019 New Route: The Balkans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the last four years, the Turkish furniture sector has taken major steps to reach the top in the Balkans. While Romania and Bulgaria\u2019s furniture imports rose by 52 percent in the last four years\u2014from $1.8 billion to $2.75 billion\u2014Turkey\u2019s exports to these two countries increased by 117 percent in the same period, from $157 million to $341 million.<\/p>\n

Having risen to the position of the second-largest supplier in the Bulgarian market and third in Romania, Turkey aims for leadership in these markets with the \u201cRomania\u2013Bulgaria Furniture Trade Mission\u201d covering both countries on November 17\u201322, 2025.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur market share in Romania has risen to 12 percent\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ali Fuat G\u00fcrle, Chairman of the Board of the Aegean Furniture, Paper and Forest Products Exporters\u2019 Association, stated that Romania\u2019s furniture imports increased by 53 percent over the last four years\u2014from $1.355 billion to $2.033 billion\u2014and shared the following: \u201cTurkey\u2019s furniture exports to Romania rose by 110 percent in the same period, from $116 million to $243 million. Thus, our market share increased from 8.5 percent to 12 percent. We moved up to third place in the ranking of Romania\u2019s top furniture import countries, surpassing Germany. We reduced the gap with Poland from $131 million to $36 million. Our first goal is to overtake Poland and move into second place, and in the medium term to surpass China, which is in the leading position, by leveraging our proximity to the market.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emphasizing that the Turkish furniture sector has this potential, G\u00fcrle said, \u201cIf the Turkish economy strengthens the ecosystem that supports exports, we have the capacity to reach number one in the Romanian market.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Exports from the Aegean Region up 34 percent<\/strong><\/p>\n

G\u00fcrle noted that in 2024 the total furniture exports of the Aegean Furniture, Paper and Forest Products Exporters\u2019 Association declined by 3.5 percent from $197 million to $190 million, and added: \u201cIn contrast, our exports to Bulgaria and Romania rose by 34 percent from $11 million to $14.7 million. While these two countries\u2019 share in our Association\u2019s exports was 5.5 percent in 2023, it reached 8 percent by the end of 2024. Our exports to Balkan countries are rapidly increasing both across T\u00fcrkiye and in the Aegean Region.\u201d<\/p>\n

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We rank second in Bulgaria<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hikmet G\u00fcng\u00f6r, Vice Chairman of the Aegean Furniture, Paper and Forest Products Exporters\u2019 Association, stated that Bulgaria\u2019s furniture imports increased from $451 million in 2020 to $713 million by the end of 2024, while Turkey boosted its exports in this period by 139 percent from $41 million to $98 million, and said, \u201cTurkey has surpassed Poland to become the second-largest supplier in Bulgaria\u2019s furniture imports.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sharing that Romania and Bulgaria import across all furniture groups, G\u00fcng\u00f6r invited furniture exporters to participate in the \u201cRomania\u2013Bulgaria Furniture Trade Mission,\u201d to be held on November 17\u201322, 2025.<\/p>\n

For the organization of the Furniture Trade Mission, an application will be submitted to the Ministry of Trade within the scope of the Decision No. 5973 on Export Supports. The participation fee\u2014exclusive of state support\u2014has been set at USD 2,300.00<\/strong>, with an additional USD 1,400.00<\/strong> if a second person joins from the same company.<\/p>\n

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