Automotive Exports Rise By 58.4 Percent

BURSA - Automotive exports from Bursa province rose by 58.4 percent to 4 billion U.S. dollars in January-July 2003 when compared with the same period of the previous year.
According to figures of Uludag Exporter Unions, exports from automotive sector were around 2 billion 529 million 552 thousand U.S. dollars in January-July 2002.
Exports of by-industry increased 28.5 percent to 1 billion 358 million 85 thousand U.S. dollars in the mentioned period. Exports of by-industry products were ranked the first in automotive exports of Bursa in this period.
Automotive exports from Bursa were made to 13 free zones, 159 countries and autonomous regions in the mentioned period.
Germany was ranked the first among export centers of Bursa with 663 million 732 thousand U.S. dollars while Italy, France, Spain and Britain followed it.
Below listed the automotive and by-industry products exported from Bursa in January-July 2003:

. Thousand Difference
Product (USD) (%)
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Automotive by-industry 1,358,085 28.5
Passenger cars 1,144,753 61.5
Motorized vehicles to carry goods 665,496 118.0
Bus-minibus-midibus 279,775 43.3
Vessels-boats-ships 275,597 92.4
Tank-armored vehicles 129,326 5,993.2
Tractors 82,332 273.1
Towings 17,534 25.8
Bicycle-motorcycle 17,496 52.2
Railway vehicles 13,009 87.3
Aircraft-spacecraft 12,410 -62.6
Motor vehicles on special propose 11,655 2.9
Towings on special purpose 146 -20.5

The first ten countries and free zones to which Turkey exported motor vehicles in the January-July period of 2003 are as follows:

. thousand difference
Countries (USD) (%)
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Germany 667,732 43.3
Italy 453,804 30.3
France 401,250 15.5
Spain 210,028 138.9
Britain 200,571 101.0
Malaysia 129,223 754.9
Istanbul Leather Free Zone 117,808 17.6
Russian Federation 99,538 111.3
Israel 96,879 122.0
Greece 85,051 365.1

(BRC) 02.08.2003