Exports From Bursa Increase By 41 Percent

BURSA - Exports of various products from northwestern province of Bursa increased 41 percent to 2 billion 512 million U.S. dollars in the first quarter of 2004.
In the same period last year, the region exported goods of 1 billion 777 million 675 thousand U.S. dollars.
Uludag Exporters' Associations told the A.A correspondent on Sunday that exports increased 40 percent from 709 million 622 thousand U.S. dollars in March of 2003 to 993 million 767 thousand U.S. dollars in March of 2004.
The exports according to the sectors in the January-March period of 2004 are as follows (thousand U.S. dollars):

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Difference
group of goods Exports (percent)
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Ready to wear clothing 154.192 6
Textile 174.288 28
Leather 186 476
Carpet 121 117
Fresh fruit and vegetable 6.321 11
Cereals 320 22
Livestock 1 -74
Wood 953 115
Mining 6 422
Electric-electronic 1.627 64
Iron-noniron goods 3.532 131
Chemicals 2.162 46
Cement 272 63
Olive and olive oil 41 30
Dried fruit 7 647
Motor vehicles and by-industry 2.118.366 46
Hazelnut 259 -20
Fruit and vegetable products 38.495 42
Machinery and spare parts 11.213 112

(UK-MS)
04.04.2004