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

BURSA - Exports of ready-to-wear clothings from northwestern province of Bursa increased by 24.3 percent, and exports of textiles rose by 21.8 percent in the January-November period of 2003.
Uludag Exporters' Association told the A.A correspondent on Tuesday that exports of ready-to-wear clothings and textiles increased from 844 million 295 thousand U.S. in January-November period of 2002 to 1 billion 39 million 549 thousand U.S. dollars in the same period this year.
Meanwhile, exports of textiles decreased by 1 percent while exports of ready-to-wear clothings rose by 11 percent in November of 2003.
The region exported textiles to ten free zones and 115 countries and autonomous regions, and exported ready-to-wear clothings to nine free zones and 90 countries and autonomous regions.
Below is the table showing the 10 countries and free zones to which ready-to-wear clothing export was made mostly in January-November period of 2003:

(thousand difference
Country dollar) (%)
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Germany 130.682 33,8
United States 123.325 12,6
France 80.685 11,3
Britain 52.415 -30,2
Spain 41.387 179,9
Bursa Free Zone 27.431 767,2
Belgium 26.373 57,3
Netherlands 5.931 9,9
Italy 5.249 38,1
Canada 3.780 -0,2

Below is the table showing the 10 countries and free zones to which textile export was made mostly in January-November period of 2003:
(thousand difference
Country dollar) (%)
---------------------- ----------- -------
Germany 78.580 29,7
Italy 44.963 59,1
United States 34.486 -20,4
Britain 31.238 5,6
Bursa Free Zone 27.698 46,5
Romania 25.364 80,1
Greece 21.751 77,4
Russia 19.859 35,1
France 17.995 19,9
Poland 17.324 20,4

(UK-AÖ) 02.12.2003