“The textile & Clothing sector’s exports rose by 10.15% in the first five
months of 2011 compared with 2010, generating revenues estimated at 2
282 million Dinars.
. .
The last economic bulletin of the Textile Technical Centre “CETTEX”
(June 2011) shows a 9.9% increase in clothing exports and a 11.8% rise
for textile exports. Tunisia imported in the same period 138 676 tons
worth 1612 million dinars, that is to say a significant 10.21% rise.
. .
Tunisia managed to keep its traditional customers during this period,
namely the UK ( 27.3%), The Netherlands ( 21.1), Spain ( 18%), Belgium
( 11.1%), Germany ( 25.9%), Italy ( 7.3%) and France ( 5.5%).. .
Portugal, Spain, China, Belgium, Germany, Turkey, France and Italy are
the 8 main countries that supply Tunisia with raw materials. . .
With its 2 036 plants (34.9% of the total number of Tunisian
enterprises) and the 199 500 jobs generated by the sector (39.2% of
manufacturing industries jobs), the textile-clothing sector represents a
chief support of manufacturing industries in Tunisia. . .
At the international level, the sector keeps its 5th rank as EU clothing
supplier with 2 309 million euros (4400 MTD), that is 3.8% of the total
EU clothing imports in 2010. . .
The EU remains a priviliged partner of Tunisia since it accounts for 96%
of the sector’s exports. The major countries importing Tunisia’s
textile-clothing products are France (33.2%), Italy (29.1%), Germany
(11.5%) and Belgium (6.7%). “.
Date:6/16/2011
Source:www.yarnsandfibers.com