Bulgarian Foreign Trade with Apparel and Textiles

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Bulgarian Foreign Trade with Apparel and Textiles

• Analysis on the basis of statistical data for the
  first 9 months of 2005 compared to the same
  period of 2004.

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The news good or bad

• Decrease of 2 in the total export of apparel and
  textiles
• Positive trade balance of 515 mln. Lv.
• Increase of 7 in the export of textiles
• Increase of 2 in the export of woven garments
• Decrease of 10,3 in the export of knitted
  garments

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Import and Export of Clothing and Textiles (ml.
lv.)
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Change in comparison to 2004
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Share in the Export for 2005
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Change in the Export of Clothing ()
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Other important characteristics

• 515 mln. lv. Positive trade balance from the
  foreign trade with clothing and textiles
• 1 025 mln. lv. ??. negative trade balance in
  textiles
• 1 540 mln. lv. ??. positive trade balance in
  clothing
• The clothing industry is heavily dependent on
  imported textiles

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Markets Clothing and Textiles
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Export of Knitted Garments
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Export of Clothing Other than Knitted