Exports From Automotive Sector Increase By 43.8 Percent

BURSA - The exports from the automotive sector in the first four months of 2004 increased 43.8 percent to 3 billion 6 million U.S. dollars.
Exports from the automotive sector were 2 billion 90 million 140 thousand U.S. dollars in the same period last year.
Uludag Exporters' Association said on Tuesday that the exports from the automotive sector increased 40 percent from 637 million 673 thousand U.S. dollars to 890 million 23 thousand U.S. dollars in April of 2004.
The automotive sector made exports to 147 countries, autonomous regions and 13 free zones.
The sector exported goods for the first time to St. Vincent, British Virgin Islands, Equatorial Guinea, Serbia, Benin, Papua New Guinea, Congo, Comoro Islands, Djibouti, Burma, Cape Verde, Alaska, Barbados and Liechtenstein.
The figures in the automotive sector in the first four months of 2004 are as follows:

. Name of Product Thousand Difference
(U.S. dollar) (Percent)
------------------------- ----------- ----------
Automobile........................ 1.096.542 93,2
Automotive by-industry............ 924.361 25,1
Motor vehicles on special propose. 516.881 48,3
Bus-minibus-midibus............... 206.674 65,8
Vessels-boats-ships............... 163.266 -12,5
Tractor........................... 53.340 28,1
Towing............................ 14.407 19,6
Bicycle-motorcycle................ 11.494 12.4
Aircraft-spacecraft............... 33.222 -47.6
Lorry-truck....................... 4.982 -16,4
Tank-armored vehicles............. 3.572 -90,6
Towing on special purpose......... 59 -35,1
Railway vehicles.................. 1 -99,9

The first ten countries to which Turkey exported motor vehicles in the January-April period are as follows:

. Thousand Difference
Countries (U.S.dollar) (percent)
------------------------------------ ---------- ----------
Germany 472.634 35,2
France 420.770 107,5
Italy 325.710 38
Britain 237.886 146,2
Spain 158.120 32,2
Istanbul Leather Free Zone 103.661 40,6
Poland 86.311 128,3
Netherlands 62.296 100,4
Russia 60.132 26,6
United States 59.840 46,5

(UK-AÖ) 04.05.2004