Ali Fuat Gürle, President of the Aegean Furniture Paper and Forest Products Exporters Association, said that the goal of Turkish furniture producers is to increase the share in Morocco’s furniture imports from 15% to 25%.
The Aegean Association of Furniture Paper and Forest Products Exporters will organize a “Furniture Trade Delegation” to Morocco, the gateway to Africa, from October 7 to 11, 2024.
The group that will travel to Morocco will include 36 businessmen from 22 Turkish companies.
Ali Fuat Gürle, said that they are the second supplier of Morocco’s annual furniture imports of $700 million., emphasizing that they are the second country with a 15% share in Morocco’s furniture imports, surpassing China, the leading country. “We are trying to surpass China’s share in Morocco,” he said.
Gürle further reported that furniture imports from Turkey to Morocco increased by more than 100% in the last 5 years, from $52 million to $105 million.
“Many of our Turkish furniture companies have opened stores in Morocco, and Turkish furniture exporters have left Spain, Italy and France behind in this geography. We believe that we will overtake China and become the first country with the new collaborations we will establish through our trade delegation. Our goal is to increase our share of furniture imports from Morocco from 15 to 25%. The participation of 36 businessmen from 22 companies reinforces this conviction,” he revealed.
Hikmet Güngör, vice president of the Association, clarified that they organized the first sectoral trade delegation of the year in Saudi Arabia from May 5 to 9, and said that after the Moroccan furniture trade delegation on May 7 to 11 October, they will meet the Indian furniture trade delegation in November for 2024.
