Trade Volume In Free Zones Reaches 6.7 Billion Usd

ANKARA - Trade volume in free zones reached 6 billion 748.4 million U.S. dollars in the first eight months of this year.
According to figures of the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat's General Directorate for Free Zones, Istanbul Leather and Industry Zone became the free zone which made the most trade in January-August 2002 period with 1.7 billion U.S. dollars.
Istanbul Ataturk Airport Free Zone followed Istanbul Leather and Industry Zone with 1.5 billion U.S. dollars and Aegean Free Zone was ranked the third with 1.1 billion U.S. dollars.
The free zones made the most trade with Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries in the first eight months. The European Union (EU) countries and other OECD countries became the second and third among trade partners of free zones.
Below listed the trade volume of free zones in January-August 2002 period:

     


                            Percent 


   (thousand USD)(2002/2001) 


REGIONS            JAN-AUG Difference 


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ADANA-YUMURTALIK     27.267 -40,6 


ANTALYA             157.056  23,9 


AVRUPA              203.635  47,1 


BURSA               271.866 


DOGU ANADOLU            130 -91,0 


EGE               1.097.877  32,7 


GAZIANTEP            58.262 117,5 


ISTANBUL AHL      1.506.763  11,3 


IST DERI VE END.  1.721.278   7,5 


ISTANBUL TRAKYA     375.053 173,9 


IZMIR MENEMEN DERI  174.758   7,4 


KAYSERI              51.448 339,9 


MARDIN                8.035 228,8 


MERSIN            1.044.224  17,2 


RIZE                 10.027 -14,3 


SAMSUN                7.493 -12,8 


TRABZON              30.654  16,9 


TUBITAK-MAM TEKNOLOJI 2.624 


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            TOTAL 6.748.449 25,5