TUNISIA: Textile and Clothing exports show a positive trend in April 2011.
Results of the textile and clothing trade for the month of April showed positive trend compared with March 2011, posting a growth of 17.68% for exports and 25.03% for imports.
Egytex News Desk
Source: Egytex.com
According to the economic letter of the Technical Textiles Center (CETTEX) for the month of May 2011, exports of the sector posted an increase in value of 17.68% in April 2011 for a total of 495 million dinars, while imports grew by 25.03% in value, or 389 million dinars, and 8.35% by volume.
The value of textile and clothing industry exports has posted growth since February 2011, states the letter, following the recovery recorded after delivery delays accumulated during the month of January 2011.
The coverage of imports by exports reached 127.4% in April, against 135.3% during the same month in 2010. This decrease is due to the growth of the differential between exports and imports.
The publication reports that the major customers of Tunisia during the period (January-April 2011) are the United Kingdom ( 32.7%), Germany ( 23.6%), the Netherlands ( 21.9), Spain ( 18.7%), Belgium ( 8.0%), Italy ( 5.1%) and France ( 2.7%).
Major suppliers of Tunisia during the same period are Turkey (43.4%), Portugal ( 20.6%), Germany ( 17.9), China ( 13.4%) and Italy ( 3.4%).
The same publication shows that Germany (3rd customer and fourth supplier of Tunisia) is also a privileged partner of Tunisia in textile and clothing in terms of number of companies operating in the sector (84 units), providing 13,666 jobs and producing an exports turnover estimated at 507 MTD.
Source: Egytex.com
From the Egytex news archive, first published on 18 May 2011. Figures and names are as reported at the time.
