For the month of July 2021, the export of leather goods from Turkey to Uzbekistan soared by 85.5% compared to July last year, reaching $541,000, the ministry noted.

Turkey increased leather product exports by a total of 23.7% in the first 7 months of this year compared to the same period of last year, up to over $938.3 million.

Turkey exported leather goods worth $145.4 million in July 2021, which is 13.8% more compared to July 2020. During the period of July 2020 through July 2021, Turkish leather goods exports totalled over $1.5 billion.