Exports Of Textile And Ready-to-wear Clothing From Bursa Increase

BURSA - Exports of textiles from northwestern province of Bursa increased by 22.4 percent, and exports of ready-to-wear clothing rose by 24.6 percent in the January-August period of 2003.
Uludag Exporters' Association told A.A correspondent on Thursday that exports of ready-to-wear clothing increased 24.6 percent from 311 million 426 thousand U.S. in January-August period of 2002 to 388 million 298 thousand U.S. dollars in the same period of 2003.
The exports of textiles, which were 293 million 862 thousand U.S. dollars in January-August period of 2002, rose 22.4 percent to 359 million 926 thousand U.S. dollars in the same period of 2003. The region exported textiles to nine free zones and 111 countries and autonomous regions and exported ready-to-wear clothing to eight free zones and 80 countries and autonomous regions. Below is the table showing the top 10 countries and free zones to which ready-to-wear clothing export was made in January-August period of 2003:
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(thousand difference
Country dollar) (%)
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USA 96,931 11
Germany 87,948 30.8
France 60,711 21.5
Britain 40,385 -29.5
Spain 28,754 194.4
Bursa Free Zone 19,877 114.7
Belgium 19,702 79.3
Italy 4,380 73.4
Netherlands 3,884 -3.6
Canada 2,933 -12

Below is the table showing the top 10 countries and free zones to which textile export was made in January-August period of 2003:

(thousand difference
Country dollar) (%)
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Germany 54,389 27.7
Italy 31,563 48.9
USA 27,998 -15.9
Britain 22,383 1.9
Bursa Free Zone 19,793 66.1
Romania 17,395 82.8
Greece 15,801 110.8
France 13,635 22.3
Russia 12,922 29.3
Poland 11,234 23.6

(EÖ-AÖ) 04.09.2003