Disinfectant product exports from Turkey recorded a more than tenfold increase during the first four months of the year. The coronavirus pandemic increased demand for such products, increasing to $90 million from $8.6 million the year before.
The data revealed by the Istanbul Chemicals and Chemical Products Exporters’ Union (İKMİB) said that hygiene supplies provided an important foreign currency input to Turkey during the COVID-19 pandemic which caused a temporary closure of many businesses worldwide.
During the January-April, apart from the export increase in disinfectants and cologne, the ethanol-based traditional scented Turkish disinfectant, exports reached $7.5 million from $2.7 million last year.
