Exports Of Textile And Ready-to-wear Clothing From Bursa Increase

BURSA - Exports of textiles from northwestern province of Bursa increased by 23.8 percent, and exports of ready-to-wear clothings rose by 54.4 percent in January of 2003.
Uludag Exporters' Association told the A.A correspondent on Tuesday that exports of textiles increased 23.8 percent from 36 million 951 thousand U.S. in January of 2002 to 45 million 751 thousand U.S. dollars in January of 2003.
The exports of ready-to-wear clothings, which were 31 million 867 thousand U.S. dollars in January of 2002, rose 54.4 percent to 49 million 207 thousand U.S. dollars in the same period of 2003.
The region exported textiles to seven free zones and 72 countries and autonomous regions and exported ready-to-wear clothings to four free zones and 52 countries and autonomous regions.
Below is the table showing the 10 countries and free zones to which textile export was made mostly in January of 2003:
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(thousand difference
Country dollar) (%)
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Germany 10.936 69.9
United States 10.597 31.8
France 8.044 45.3
Britain 5.621 10.2
Spain 4.619 198.6
Belgium 2.598 164.1
Bursa Free Zone 1.635 934.0
Italy 928 377.2
Netherlands 707 13.6
Austria 356 62.4

Below is the table showing the 10 countries and free zones to which ready-to-wear clothing export was made mostly in January of 2003:

(thousand difference
Country dollar) (%)
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Germany 5.321 17.2
United States 4.179 -2.8
Italy 3.741 35.0
Britain 2.770 -3.4
Bursa Free Zone 2.472 105.6
Greece 2.250 143.9
Romania 1.976 59.1
France 1.607 42.5
Russian Federation 1.457 3.2
Poland 1.428 36.5