1. Comparison of production in 2000/2001:



(%) First Six Months 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter Average
Total Industry		-0.7	-11.2	-6.3
Mining Sector		-2.1	-3.5	-2.8
Manufacturing Industry		-0.3	-12.5	-6.9
	Textile Products	-5.4	-8.7	-7.2
	Clothing	4	0.9	2.4

Source: State Statistics Institute

Capacity Utilization in the Manufacturing Industry (%)

Sectorial information on capacity utilization in the manufacturing industry
		Average Capacity Utilization (%)
		Based on # of Companies		Based on Production Value
		2000	2001	2000	2001
		July	July	July	July
Manufacturing Industry		67.9	65.2	76.4	72.5
	Food Products and Beverage production	64.8	68.1	68.8	70.4
	Textile Production	64.8	64.6	79.5	75.7
	Clothing Production	80.0	75.9	83.7	80.3
	Paper and Paper products Production	70.8	73.1	85.4	83.1
	Chemicals Production	72.8	67.8	82.4	75.0
	Metal Industry	75.4	61.7	86.3	79.9
	Metal Goods Industry (except Machine Equipment)	70.7	54.6	67.9	59.4
	Radio, TV, Communication Equipment Production	70.2	52.3	90.1	60.0
	Vehicle Body Production	71.6	56.4	76.5	44.2

Source: State Statistics Institute

Share of Istanbul and Anatolia in the export of ready-wear

Year Istanbul Anatolia

1996 81,9 18,1
1997 80,6 19,3
1998 78,5 21,5
1999 77,8 22,2
2000 73,8 26,2

1. The export of ready-wear totaled 36.138.482 ($1000) in 1996-2000.

   TURKEY'S READY-WEAR EXPORTS BY COUNTRY
   (Based on preliminary data for the first 7 months of 2001)

   COUNTRY ( $1000 )

    

GERMANY	1.466.698
U.S.A	782.338
UNITED KINGDOM	549.514
FRANCE	325.051
THE NETHERLANDS	228.312
BELGIUM-LUXEMBURG	119.847
ITALY	110.691
DENMARK	79.072
SWEDEN	67.816
SPAIN	51.173

Source: Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade of the Republic of Turkey

1. The import of Ready-wear totaled 1.061.971 ($1000) in 1996-2000.

TURKEY'S READY-WEAR IMPORTS BY COUNTRY
(Based on preliminary data for the first 7 moths of 2001)

COUNTRY ( $1000 )

Source: Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade of the Republic of Turkey

4- Turkey’s clothing exports to EU

The value of the Turkish textile and ready-wear sectors’ exports to the EU-15 in 1998-1999 is as follows:

1998 1999 Change (99/98)

(ECU 1000) (ECU 1000) %

Category – 4 823.015 908.717 10
Category – 5 762.586 802.429 5
Category – 6 487.799 627.371 29
Category – 28 245.589 248.191 1
Category – 12 176.676 209.967 19
Category – 24 207.213 201.200 -3
Category – 15 139.093 135.681 -2
Category – 8 127.053 117.329 -8
Category – 18 119.537 116.195 -3
Category – 21 91.502 90.040 -2

Source: European Apparel and Textile Organization (Euratex)

1. Ratio of the number of employees registered with the Social Security Institution to the total number of employees in the ready-wear and textile sector

ource: General Directorate of the Social Security Institution

6- CONTACTS:

Istanbul Ready-Wear and Apparel Exporters’ Association
Phone : (0212) 454 02 00
Web site : www.itkib.org.tr

Turkish Clothing Manufacturers’ Association
Phone : (0212) 481 65 11 (5 Lines)
Web site : www.tgsd.org