OEM cotton jumpers made in Turkey for UK labels — flat-knit, GOTS and OEKO-TEX certified yarn options, UK REACH compliant, and shipped to Felixstowe under the UK–Turkey FTA.
Cotton is the year-round backbone of most UK knitwear ranges — the crew neck, the textured spring jumper, the everyday layer that sells in every season. We make cotton jumpers as an OEM manufacturer in Gaziantep, on in-house flat-knit machines, for UK brands that want a transparent supply chain and a real UK–Turkey FTA duty advantage over China. We won't undercut a Chinese factory on headline price; what we offer is preferential origin, European-standard quality and a much shorter, more reliable lead time into Felixstowe.
100% cotton, cotton-linen for spring/summer texture, cotton-modal for drape, and cotton-recycled blends. Yarn supplied with GOTS, OEKO-TEX Standard 100 or BCI traceability where your range needs it.
Yarn and trims selected to meet UK REACH restricted-substance limits. Supply-chain transparency for Modern Slavery Act due diligence — supplier names, fibre origin and chain of custody supplied as standard.
5gg to 10gg flat-knit. Cable, rib, jacquard and plain constructions. Fully fashioned in-house linking for clean seams. Spring/summer cotton-linen and cotton-modal blends available.
250 pcs per colour, per size. Cotton jumpers suit both independent capsule ranges and higher-volume basics programmes — we scale the approach to your order size.
Post-Brexit, the UK and Turkey kept a Free Trade Agreement in place, and most knitwear (HS 61) qualifies for a 0% preferential tariff rather than the standard MFN rate that Chinese-origin jumpers pay. For a UK brand importing cotton jumpers, that duty saving is real and it goes straight to your landed cost.
But it is conditional, not a blanket exemption. The goods have to satisfy the agreement's rules of origin, and the shipment must travel with a valid EUR.1 movement certificate or an origin declaration on the invoice. Get the paperwork or the bill of materials wrong and HMRC applies the full duty. We prepare the origin documentation as standard, but the responsible move is always to have your customs broker confirm the preferential rate for your exact style before you place the order. We'd rather you go in with eyes open than be surprised at the border.
Indicative FOB Mersin ranges for cotton flat-knit jumpers at 250–500 pcs MOQ.
| Style | Gauge | Indicative FOB |
|---|---|---|
| Cotton crew neck jumper, plain stitch | 7gg | $18–26 |
| Cotton cable-knit jumper | 5–7gg | $24–34 |
| Cotton-linen blend jumper | 7–10gg | $22–32 |
| Organic cotton (GOTS), crew neck | 7gg | $22–30 |
Indicative FOB Mersin. Add ocean freight (roughly 10–14 days to Felixstowe), UK duty (0% under the FTA if rules of origin are met and a valid EUR.1 / origin declaration is presented — otherwise MFN) and customs brokerage for landed cost.
We don't pretend to be cheaper than China at the factory gate. The case for making your cotton jumpers in Turkey rests on three things a Far East supply chain struggles to match: a preferential FTA duty that lowers landed cost, proximity — sea freight reaches Felixstowe in roughly 10–14 days versus four to six weeks from Asia, which means smaller, more frequent reorders and far less tied-up stock — and European-standard quality and compliance from a transparent, audit-ready in-house flat-knit operation. For a cotton basics or capsule range that needs to react to UK demand, that combination usually beats a marginally lower unit price.
Send a tech pack, a fibre brief or a reference style. We'll confirm cotton sourcing, indicative pricing and a sample timeline within one business day.
Most Turkish-made knitwear can enter the UK at a 0% preferential tariff under the UK–Turkey Free Trade Agreement — but it is conditional, not automatic. The goods must meet the agreement's rules of origin and travel with a valid EUR.1 movement certificate or an origin declaration on the invoice. If those documents are missing or the origin criteria aren't met, the standard MFN duty applies. Always have your customs broker confirm the duty treatment for your specific style and bill of materials before you commit.
We work with 100% cotton, cotton-linen (for spring/summer texture), cotton-modal (for softness and drape), and cotton-recycled polyester blends. Yarn can be supplied with GOTS, OEKO-TEX Standard 100, or BCI certification depending on your sustainability requirements and the claims you make under the UK Green Claims Code.
Cotton performs best at 5–10gg for most jumper constructions. Finer gauges (12gg+) are possible with combed cotton but require specific yarn preparation. We typically recommend 7gg for a structured cotton crew neck and 5gg for heavier, textured constructions like cable or basket weave.
Yes. Yarn and trims are selected to comply with UK REACH restricted-substance limits, and we can supply OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certification to support that. As an OEM partner we provide supply-chain transparency suitable for due diligence under the UK Modern Slavery Act — supplier names, origin of fibre and chain-of-custody records. Note that GPSR is EU-only and does not apply to goods placed on the GB market.