Textile Exports From Bursa Increase By 29.5 Percent

BURSA - Exports of textile products from northwestern province of Bursa increased by 29.5 percent and exports of ready-to-wear clothing products rose by 5 percent to 442 million 224 thousand U.S. dollars in the first four months of 2004.
In the same period last year, exports of textile and ready-to-wear clothing products was 377 million 653 thousand U.S. dollars.
Uludag Exporters' Associations told the A.A correspondent on Thursday that textile exports increased by 35 percent from 49 million 789 thousand U.S. dollars in April of 2003 to 67 million 19 thousand U.S. dollars in April of 2004. Ready-to-wear clothing exports rose by 4 percent from 46 million 56 thousand U.S. dollars in April of 2003 to 47 million 956 thousand U.S. dollars in April of 2004.
The textile sector made exports to 88 countries and autonomous regions and 9 free zones while ready-to-wear clothing sector made exports to 82 countries and autonomous regions and 5 free zones.
The first ten countries to which Bursa exported textile products in the January-April period are as follows:
. Thousand Difference
Countries (U.S.dollar) (percent)
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Germany 39.063 33,4
Italy 25.648 45
Romania 15.649 84,6
Britain 13.192 9,7
Russia 12.221 88,8
Bursa Free Zone 12.056 28,2
USA 11.519 -21,9
Greece 9.597 13,1
France 9.530 21,8
Poland 7.824 42,1

The first ten countries to which Bursa exported ready-to-wear clothing products in the January-April period are as follows:

. Thousand Difference
Countries (U.S.dollar) (percent)
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Germany 50.876 16,7
USA 34.709 -21,5
France 26.991 -21,5
Britain 23.629 16,0
Bursa Free Zone 16.151 83,3
Spain 15.418 19,9
Belgium 9.971 1,5
Italy 3.520 15,6
Netherlands 3.165 37,0
Canada 1.763 76,6

(EÖ-AÖ) 06.05.2004