Istanbul Hardware Fair was successfully held in Istanbul, Turkey, from November 19 to 22, 2025 (local time). The CFM team attended the event with issue 43 of China Fastener Magazine (CFM) (Booth No.: 4-B11-6).

As one of Turkey's largest and most comprehensive hardware and tool exhibitions, the annual event covers an exhibition area of 24,000 square meters this year, attracting approximately 400 enterprises from 19 countries and regions. Exhibitors include globally renowned brands such as BOSCH, KNIPEX, and AEG, with the Chinese exhibition area located in the same hall as these leading European brands.

As a professional media in the fastener industry, CFM made its appearance with the latest issue of CFM and export promotional brand bags. The booth attracted a large number of professional visitors and international buyers for on-site exchanges, successfully building an efficient communication bridge for Chinese fastener enterprises.

According to Turkey's fastener import and export data from January to August 2025, the country's monthly export volume and value both exceeded imports, indicating a strong trade surplus advantage in fastener products. This is partly attributed to the development of its local manufacturing industry and partly to its undertaking of some international orders originally belonging to traditional manufacturing countries such as China, enabling Turkey to play an increasingly important role in the global supply chain.

In terms of trends, both imports and exports declined in the middle of the year. After reaching their peaks in April or May, import and export volume and value both dropped simultaneously in June. This synchronized decline may be affected by the weak global industrial demand. Furthermore, as the world’s largest fastener producer and exporter, China’s changes in market supply and demand, as well as price competition, are also unavoidable external factors.

Import volume in July hit the highest in eight months, and import value reached the second-highest in the same period; however, both showed a downward trend in August.

Export volume also rebounded in July and remained stable in August, indicating that export demand tends to stabilize; export value achieved significant growth in July and August after the decline in June.

Overall, Turkey's fastener trade surplus pattern remained stable from January to August 2025, while the market exhibited volatile characteristics, which may indicate instability in external demand or the international market environment.