Gap Region Exports Goods Of $8.6 Million To Free Zones

GAZIANTEP - Exports from the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) region to the free zones in Turkey increased 34.42 percent to 6 million 404 thousand U.S. dollars in the first three months of 2004.
Southeast Anatolian Exporters' Association told the A.A correspondent on Tuesday that the region exported goods to free zones of Antalya, Istanbul's Ataturk Airport, Istanbul Leather, Aegean, Mersin, Europe and Gaziantep.
The region exported goods of 8 million 51 thousand U.S. dollars to the Istanbul Leather Free Zone and the Gaziantep Free Zone.
Exports from the GAP region to the free zones in January-March periods of 2003 and 2004 are as follows: (U.S. dollars)

2003 2004
Free zones January-March January-March
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Antalya FZ. 11.000 7.000
Istanbul AHL. FZ. 241.000 105.000
Istanbul Leather FZ. 3.636.000 5.911.000
Aegean FZ. 53.000 194.000
Mersin FZ. 346.000 193.000
Istanbul-Trakya (FZ) 34.000 0
Trabzon FZ. 31.000 0
Adana-Yumurtalik FZ. 92.000 0
Europe FZ. 18.000 88.000
Gaziantep FZ. 1.942.000 2.140.000
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TOTAL 6.404.000 8.638.000

(UK-AY) 20.04.2004