Production of textiles & clothing turn negative in 2007

19 Jun '08

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According to data released by Centre of Information about Textile and Clothing Industry (CITYC), production of textiles and clothing in Spain has gone down by 2.3 and 3.0 percent respectively in 2007.

Exports from the country amounted to Euro 7.81 billion while imports recorded Euro 13.38 billion. The lion's share of exports was taken by knitwear and clothing with Euro 4.67 billion, trailed by textiles with Euro 2.87 billion and fibres with Euro 257 million.

The major category of imports is again knitwear and clothing with Euro 10.12 billion, followed by textiles with Euro 2.91 billion and fibres with Euro 344 million.

Major share of exports is claimed by clothing with Euro 2.53 billion and constitutes 32.4 percent of all exports from the textile and clothing industry. Knitwear with Euro 1.76 billion and 22.5 percent share, fabrics with Euro 1.50 billion and 19.3 percent share, technical textiles with Euro 719 million and 9.12 percent share and yarns and filaments with Euro 564 million and 7.2 percent share made up the rest.

Of the total exports from the industry, exports to Portugal amounted to 14 percent, France 12.6 percent, Italy 9.9 percent, Morocco with 8.2 percent and followed by Germany with 6.4 percent.

Imports from China accounted for 20.7 percent, Italy 12.9 percent, Turkey 8.3 percent, Morocco 7.6 percent and trailed by France with 7.3 percent of all imports done within the textile industry.

Imports from EU-25 amounted to Euro 5.39 billion while exports accounted for Euro 4.44 billion.

Centre of Information about Textile and Clothing Industry

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