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

BURSA - Exports of textiles from northwestern province of Bursa increased by 32.3 percent, and exports of ready-to-wear clothing rose by 13.9 percent in January 2004.
Uludag Exporters' Association told the A.A correspondent on Saturday that exports of ready-to-wear clothing and textiles amounted to 116 million 272 thousand U.S. dollar in January 2004. This figure was 94 million 649 thousand U.S. dollars in the same month of 2003.
Exports of textiles increased by 32.3 percent to 60 million 523 thousand U.S. dollars in January. Exports of ready-to-wear clothing amounted to 55 million 749 thousand U.S. dollars in the same month.
The region exported textiles to six free zones and 71 countries and autonomous regions, and exported ready-to-wear clothing to four free zones and 57 countries and autonomous regions.
Below is the table showing the 10 countries and free zones to which textile export was made mostly in January 2004:

(thousand difference
Country dollar) (%)
---------------------- ----------- -------
Germany 9.223 73,3
Italy 7.231 93,2
Romania 5.069 156,4
Russia 3.445 136,3
Bursa Free Zone 3.195 29,2
Britain 2.802 1,5
Greece 2.746 22
France 2.341 46,6
Poland 2.282 59,7
USA 1.748 -58,1

Below is the table showing the 10 countries and free zones to which ready-to-wear clothing export was made mostly in January 2004:

(thousand difference
Country dollar) (%)
---------------------- ----------- -------
Germany 12.933 18,2
USA 7.837 -26
France 7.304 -7,2
Britain 7.203 28,1
Spain 6.366 41,4
Belgium 3.997 53,8
Bursa Free Zone 3.341 104,3
Italy 1.485 60
Netherlands 1.189 68,1
Algeria 486 190,1

(EÖ-Öª) 07.02.2004