The footwear components industry, which has reached a global size of $300 billion, plans to increase its product range and strengthen its presence in target countries. To this end, 350 companies will participate in the 49th AYSAF International Footwear Components Industry Fair, to be held at CNR EXPO Istanbul.
Organized with contributions from the Footwear Components Manufacturers Association (AYSAD), the Turkish Footwear Industry Research, Development and Education Foundation (TASEV), and KOSGEB, AYSAF will be held on an area of 30,000 square meters. Bringing together footwear players from Eastern Europe, Western Asia, and the Middle East, the fair has become the most important export and promotion point for the Turkish footwear components industry.
Focusing on a $1.5 billion export target by 2023, the footwear sector achieved a successful performance in 2012. Exports increased by 35.89 percent in quantity and 23.80 percent in value compared to 2011, reaching $546 million for the first time in history. In parallel with the growth in exports, the sector's export-import coverage ratio rose from 50 percent to 63 percent.
Companies from more than 20 countries, including Italy, Germany, Spain, China, Japan, India, Portugal, USA, Iran, Taiwan, Thailand, Argentina, Austria, Slovenia, France, Georgia, Netherlands, Israel, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine and Egypt, will open stands at the fair. Among the visitor countries of AYSAF are Algeria, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Egypt, France, Germany, Iran, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Morocco, Russia, Spain, Ukraine,
