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REACH &
Textile and Apparel Industry
Selim AKDOGANSelim AKDOGAN
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Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporters’
Associations (ITKIB)
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ITKIB, established in 1986 and includes:
Istanbul Istanbul Textile and Raw Material Exporters’Textile and Raw Material Exporters’ Association,Association,
Istanbul Istanbul Ready Wear Garment Exporters’Ready Wear Garment Exporters’ Association,Association,
Istanbul Istanbul Leather and Leather Products Leather and Leather Products Exporters’Exporters’ Association, Association,
Istanbul Istanbul Carpet Exporter’sCarpet Exporter’s Association. Association.
Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporters’ Associations (ITKIB)
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Main activities of ITKIB are :
Gathering and providing trade-related information Gathering and providing trade-related information to its members totaling more than 16,000,to its members totaling more than 16,000,
Carrying out market surveys, Carrying out market surveys,
Dealing with formalities of exports; providing the Dealing with formalities of exports; providing the necessary documentation,necessary documentation,
Keeping statistical data about the exportsKeeping statistical data about the exports
Cooperation between the textile and apparel Cooperation between the textile and apparel industries of Turkey and EU by becoming member industries of Turkey and EU by becoming member of EU industrial organisations like Euratex.of EU industrial organisations like Euratex.
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In 2007, Turkey’s :
Total export of Total export of apparelapparel: 15,6 billion $: 15,6 billion $ share of share of ITKIBITKIB in total export: 77% in total export: 77%
Total export ofTotal export of textile textile : 6,4 billion $ : 6,4 billion $ share of share of ITKIB ITKIB in total export: 56%in total export: 56%
Total export of Total export of leatherleather: 1,2 billion $: 1,2 billion $ share of share of ITKIBITKIB in total export: 83% in total export: 83%
Total export of Total export of carpetcarpet: 992 million $: 992 million $ share of share of ITKIBITKIB in total export: 28% in total export: 28%
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Textile and Apparel Industry
in Turkey
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The industry has a great contribution to theTurkish economy.
This can be seen in main macro economic indicators.
(2007)
8 % of GDP, 16.3 % of industrial production, 11.4 % of manufacturing labour force 22 % of total Turkish export earnings. USD 21.9 billion export
Textile and Apparel Industry in Turkey
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Textile and Apparel Imports in Turkey
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ITKIB has informed the Turkish
Textile and Apparel Industryabout REACH. Seminars and meetings has
been organized A special part is reserved for
the REACH news on ITKIB Webpage
ITKIB’s “EU-CU and Agreements Department” has focused on the issue,
Close co-operation with Turkish Chemical Industry.
www.itkib.org.tr
ITKIB & REACH
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Challenges & Opportunities
of REACH
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Textile production is a chemical intensive process.
Important part of the EU production shift to Turkey, Asia
and Northern Africa, due to: Legal environmental requirements Increase of the costs of production
REACH changes the balance and lead the restucturing of the
textile market: Important tool in the competitive market EU producers better positioned to provide information Creation of unfair competition between complaint and non
complaint companies
Challenges & Opportunities of REACH
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Difficult position of the non-EU based producers Smaller obligations, Problems to identify the substances contained in
their products, Problems for tracking information.
Supply chains may need to change Registrations costs, Problems for re-organisation of company involved in
the process, Risk of manufacturers pre-registering all chemicals
regardless of the need defined in REACH regulations.
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Requests to supply REACH complaint products not only from
EU based customers
The process will cause complexities: Compliance may be required only by some customers, Confidence in the trade of information, Case of multiple suppliers for a specific product in the
same picture.
Real impact: Business costs, Risk of commercial information to be revealed.
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REACH will affect the way business to Europe is executed.
The firms need to: Prepare to manage the communication up and
downstream, Address the challenges in supply of materials and
customers demands, Handle the administrative and technical tasks.
REACH will provide: Market to be more transparent, Positive impact on product liability and quality, Substitution of harmfull chemicals, Benefits for human health and the environnement for
proportionate controls over hazardous chemicals.
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Trade diversion -> Re-substitution of Asian suppliers with
Turkey:
Need for more information and more co-operation between supply chain (lack of transparency in Asia)
Problems about cooperation with Asian suppliers about chemicals used in articles.
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REACH may bring serious business opportunities to those producers whowho start their preparation for start their preparation for
REACH nowREACH now ! !
Selim AKDOGANSelim AKDOGAN