The export of cosmetics and personal grooming products from Turkey has long been on a path of steady increase, reaching $882 million as of the end of October 2010, İstanbul Chemicals and Chemical Products Exporters’ Union (İKMİB) President Murat Akyüz has said. The target for the end of the year is $1 billion, he added.
Speaking to the Anatolia news agency on Monday, Akyüz argued that the sector is competitive even on the European Union level, as its products generally carry certificates of universally accepted quality standards such as ISO, CE and GMP.
The sector also complies with European chemical regulations — Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) — and it closely tracks every development to retain its eligibility for presence in the EU market, he noted.
Akyüz asserted that the cosmetics sector had posted a total revenue of only $470 million in 2005 from sales abroad and that the level attained five years later, which marks an increase of nearly 100 percent, must be perceived as a great success.
Among Turkey’s best customers of make-up are Iraq, the Russian Federation, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Israel, Germany, France, Poland, Britain and Romania, Akyüz said.
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