The turn-over of the apparel industry decreased by 7.6 percent in the month under report; however there is only a minus of 0.5 percent for the period Jan.-June 2006.
The number of employees in the German textile industry has dropped again by 6.8 percent to 82,831 in June of this year. The employment figure of the apparel industry grew by 210 people in relation to May 2006; however, in comparison to June 2005, the number of employees dropped by 3 percent.
Related to the first six months of the current year, the number of people employed within the textile sector decreased by 7.0 percent and in apparel by 3.9 percent.
The imports increased by 9 percent compared to the same month of the previous year. This corresponds to an increase of 10.6 percent for the first half-year 2006.
Export rose in June by 0.2 percent and developed upward by a total of 4.5 percent in the period January to June 2006.
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