Product export scorecard · GTİP 5206.21Cotton yarn; (not sewing thread), single, of combed fibres, less than 85% by weight of…Official Turkish text: Tek kat pamuk ipl.(dikiş ipliği hariç); ağırlıklı pamuk fakat < %85, penyelenmiş lif., desiteks =>714.29, metrik no <= 14, perakende için olmayan
The largest importer of this subheading (HS 5206.21) is Hong Kong SAR China: US$4.6m in 2025. This market's largest supplier is China (93%). Türkiye exported €8.4m of this product's subheading (HS 5206.21) in 2025, rank 1,753 among its exports. For heading 5206, Türkiye's share in Saudi Arabia is 26.9%: US$720k in the 12 months to April 2026.
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Source: Eurostat, Comext DS-059341. Growth rates and shares are calculated by Birlesa from Eurostat's figures; Eurostat bears no responsibility for them.
The largest importers of subheading HS 5206.21: each country's own reported imports, in the latest year it has reported. The largest first.
CountryIts importsQuantityPrice a kilogramFrom Türkiye
1Hong Kong SAR China2025 · As Hong Kong SAR China reports
Its imports
US$4.6m
Quantity
538,253 kg
Price a kilogram
US$8.54
From Türkiye
Not reported
2Vietnam2023 · As Vietnam reports
Its imports
US$3.72m
Quantity
379,514 kgestimated
Price a kilogram
US$9.81estimated
From Türkiye
Not reported
3Egypt2025 · As Egypt reports
Its imports
US$2.37m
Quantity
199,848 kgestimated
Price a kilogram
US$11.87estimated
From Türkiye
US$1.77m74.7% share
4Denmark2025 · As Denmark reports
Its imports
US$2.27m
Quantity
121,111 kg
Price a kilogram
US$18.71
From Türkiye
US$2.26m99.9% share
5China2025 · As China reports
Its imports
US$1.28m
Quantity
155,705 kg
Price a kilogram
US$8.20
From Türkiye
Not reported
6Thailand2025 · As Thailand reports
Its imports
US$678k
Quantity
722,869 kg
Price a kilogram
US$0.9381
From Türkiye
US$1.11k0.2% share
7South Korea2025 · As South Korea reports
Its imports
US$388k
Quantity
241,187 kg
Price a kilogram
US$1.61
From Türkiye
Not reported
8Malaysia2025 · As Malaysia reports
Its imports
US$324k
Quantity
242,602 kg
Price a kilogram
US$1.34
From Türkiye
US$1.88k0.6% share
9Lithuania2025 · As Lithuania reports
Its imports
US$236k
Quantity
21,261 kg
Price a kilogram
US$11.12
From Türkiye
US$235k99.4% share
10Poland2025 · As Poland reports
Its imports
US$211k
Quantity
15,939 kg
Price a kilogram
US$13.25
From Türkiye
US$210k99.5% share
The Gulf and Iraq
Those outside the first 10, with their place in the ranking.
31Saudi Arabia2025 · As Saudi Arabia reports
Its imports
US$69.9k
Quantity
12,077 kg
Price a kilogram
US$5.78
From Türkiye
US$69.3k99.2% share
41United Arab Emirates2023 · As United Arab Emirates reports
Its imports
US$28.6k
Quantity
Ranked by each country's imports from the world (US dollars, CIF value) in the latest year it has reported. 77 countries have figures for this subheading; 43 of them report imports from Türkiye.
The price a kilogram is the import value divided by the net weight (the year's average, CIF). No price is shown where there is no weight.
A weight marked “estimated” is UN Comtrade's estimate, where the country reported none; the price a kilogram worked out from it is an estimate too.
Cotton yarn; (not sewing thread), single, of combed fibres, less than 85% by weight of cotton, measuring 714.29 decitex or more, (not exceeding 14 metric number), not for retail sale
Official Turkish title: Tek kat pamuk ipl.(dikiş ipliği hariç); ağırlıklı pamuk fakat < %85, penyelenmiş lif., desiteks =>714.29, metrik no <= 14, perakende için olmayan
Its place in the tariff
Chapter 52Cotton
Heading Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale
Türkiye exported €8.4m of HS 5206.21 in 2025: rank 1,753 of 5,132 subheadings.
Source: Eurostat, Comext DS-059341 (the figures Türkiye declared). The ranking is calculated by Birlesa from Eurostat's figures; Eurostat bears no responsibility for it.
2As Türkiye reports (no figures of the market's own)
From Türkiye, 12 months
€9.87m-31%
Market's imports
Not published
In EU member markets, industrial goods enter duty-free with an A.TR movement certificate under Decision 1/95 of the EC-Turkey Association Council (the Customs Union); coal and steel products under the 1996 ECSC agreement, with a EUR.1. Agricultural products' rate is TARIC's. Trade-defence measures such as anti-dumping duties apply on top.
Ranked by Türkiye's own exports over 12 months, as Türkiye reports them, in one currency for every market; then by their growth. Each row shows the market's own figures where it publishes them. 57 markets have figures for this heading.
Source: Eurostat, Comext DS-059341. Growth rates and shares are calculated by Birlesa from Eurostat's figures; Eurostat bears no responsibility for them.
50% of eligible expenses, up to 75% under the conditions below
On the stand's area in square metres, at most 5 fairs a year (10 for the participants and makers the circular qualifies). 70% in the Ministry's target countries, 75% in its target countries and sectors.
“Buys from” lists the countries each market's own report names for its imports (as a rule the country of origin): the eight largest, and Türkiye whatever its place. A share is of that market's total imports of this subheading. Open a line for each supplier's value, quantity and price a kilogram.
Buys from:China 93% · Italy 4.8% · Bulgaria 0.31% · and 1 more country
1ChinaShare 93%
Its imports
US$4.27m
Quantity
525,790 kg
Price a kilogram
US$8.12
2ItalyShare 4.8%
Its imports
US$221k
Quantity
6,595 kg
Price a kilogram
US$33.51
3BulgariaShare 0.31%
Its imports
US$14.3k
Quantity
640 kg
Price a kilogram
US$22.29
4GermanyShare 0.21%
Its imports
US$9.77k
Quantity
262 kg
Price a kilogram
US$37.27
From areas the report does not name as a country: 1.8%.
Saudi Arabia
