İstanbul Expo Center will stage the International Carpet and Flooring Expo (ICFE) again for its fourth edition, held across January 6 to 9, 2027. Over 500 exhibitors and around 35,000 professional visitors from more than 150 nations are targeted, giving global commerce and partnership a fresh boost.
Istanbul, Türkiye: Staged by Tüyap Fairs and Exhibitions Organization Inc., The International Carpet and Flooring Expo (ICFE) 2027 will occupy the Istanbul Fair Center (İFM) across January 6 to 9, 2027. Two exporter associations, the Southeastern Anatolia Carpet Exporters Association (GAHIB) and the İstanbul Carpet Exporters Association (IHIB), are lending their support.
The event will join Türkiye’s standing as a world force in carpet production to international trade, with architects, interior designers and chain-store buyers meeting manufacturers, importers and wholesalers in Istanbul.
A shared stage for the global carpet trade
The fair puts Türkiye’s strategic geography, manufacturing capacity and design expertise before foreign buyers, while exhibitors can seek a foothold in new markets, open export channels and build global partnerships.
ICFE 2027 should see more than 500 exhibitors and approximately 35,000 visitors whose home countries number over 150.
Professional buyers are due from countries whose demand shapes the carpet and floor-covering business, namely Germany, Italy, China, India, Belgium, the USA, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and Central Asian countries, and exhibitors should form trade links with them throughout the event.
How Istanbul’s geography helps business
Istanbul, straddling the Europe-Asia crossroads, has high-standard transport networks and logistics facilities that make ICFE more attractive to an overseas audience.
Because so many destinations have direct air links with Istanbul, professionals from every region can get to the fair with little trouble, while exhibitors can deal with multiple markets from one spot.
A temporary duty cut for foreign exhibitors
Seeking to bolster the exhibition and draw more participants from abroad, the Directorate General of Customs, which sits under the Republic of Türkiye’s Ministry of Trade, has issued a significant regulation. Türkiye’s customs legislation had set the temporary customs duty on goods foreign exhibitors bring to the event at 100% of their FOB (Free on Board) value, but the rate has now dropped to 10%, a concession limited to ICFE 2027.
The regulation grew out of wide consultation between the public authorities concerned and industry voices, and it should lift much of the financial strain on foreign firms whose exhibits are high-value products. More countries are also tipped to join the exhibitor line-up, adding to the international trade volume the exhibition generates.
Creative work and expertise on the agenda
ICFE 2027 will not be about trading alone, as its programme includes events designed to foster new thinking, advance the sector and pass on knowledge.
Top figures in the industry will be reunited for Carpet Talks, a feature whose previous runs aroused considerable interest, to exchange views on design, production, branding and sectoral transformation.
Original design work will gain the attention of industry professionals through the Carpet Design Awards, which present innovative carpets on an international stage. To inspire visitors, the Carpet Workshop has designers of several nationalities producing work side by side under a special concept.
A commercial meeting point for the sector
New business opportunities can be explored on the trade platform that ICFE 2027 will provide for manufacturers, exporters, importers, distributors, wholesalers, chain stores, architects, interior designers, decorators and other industry professionals.
Taking part in the fair will let participants find suppliers new to them, stay abreast of where industry trends are moving, join B2B meetings and enlarge their business networks abroad.
A total of 445 exhibitors took stands at the last edition, while the 31,410 visitors it welcomed came from 127 countries. With more participants and stronger international recognition, ICFE 2027 intends to rise further among the world’s top flooring and carpet shows.
