Exports From Bursa Rise By 40 Percent

BURSA - Exports of various products from northwestern province of Bursa rose by 40 percent to 4 billion 529 million U.S. dollars in the first five months of 2004.
In the same period last year, the region exported goods of 3 billion 240 million 828 thousand U.S. dollars.
Uludag Exporters' Associations told the A.A correspondent on Tuesday that exports rose by 39 percent from 716 million 48 thousand U.S. dollars in May of 2003 to 996 million 291 thousand U.S. dollars in May of 2004.
The exports according to the sectors in the January-May period of 2004 are as follows (thousand U.S. dollars):
Difference
group of goods Exports (percent)
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Ready to wear clothing 248.070 1
Textile 301.514 28
Leather 303 186
Carpet 219 122
Fresh fruit and vegetable 12.181 36
Cereals 452 -3
Livestock 2 -70
Wood 1.442 75
Mining 10 -8
Electric-electronic 2.988 75
Iron-noniron goods 5.774 106
Chemicals 3.842 56
Cement 569 95
Olive and olive oil 41 -47
Dried fruit 7 647
Motor vehicles and by-industry 3.870.778 44
Hazelnut 409 -13
Fruit and vegetable products 63.356 41
Machinery and spare parts 18.014 64
Jewel-jewelry 18 1.822

(EÖ-AÖ) 01.06.2004