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

BURSA - Exports of ready-to-wear clothing from northwestern province of Bursa increased by 5.8 percent, and exports of textiles rose by 29.7 percent in the first quarter of 2004.
Uludag Exporters' Association told the A.A correspondent on Saturday that exports of ready-to-wear clothing and textiles increased from 281 million 826 thousand U.S. in January-March period of 2003 to 328 million 480 thousand U.S. dollars in the same period this year.
Meanwhile, exports of textiles increased 24 percent from 52 million 754 thousand U.S. dollars to 65 million 230 thousand U.S. dollars in March of 2004.
Exports of ready-to-wear clothing rose 4 percent from 52 million 805 thousand U.S. dollars to 54 million 806 thousand U.S. dollars in the same period.
The region exported textiles to seven free zones and 81 countries and autonomous regions, and exported ready-to-wear clothing to eight free zones and 73 countries and autonomous regions.
Below is the table showing the 10 countries and free zones to which textile export was made mostly in January-March period of 2004:

(thousand difference
Country dollar) (%)
---------------------- ----------- -------
Germany 26.326 32,1
Italy 20.169 50,3
Romania 11.607 86,2
Bursa Free Zone 9.846 48,4
Russia 9.589 91,5
Britain 9.052 0,7
France 7.151 26,5
Greece 7.126 9,9
United States 6.885 -39,6
Poland 6.106 49,4

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

(thousand difference
Country dollar) (%)
---------------------- ----------- -------
Germany 40.005 19,9
United States 24.579 -27,5
France 21.431 -15,8
Britain 16.769 4,5
Spain 12.858 25,6
Bursa Free Zone 12.108 114,2
Belgium 9.047 10,5
Italy 2.548 13,6
Netherlands 2.347 37,5
Canada 1.169 71,6

(UK-MS) 03.04.2004