Bulgaria witnessed increase in textile export by around 7-8 per cent in the current year. Radina Bankova, Chairman of BAATPE (Bulgarian Association of Producers and Exporters of Apparel and Textiles) said, “This year we do not have firm and final statistics, but we assume that the results will be good. Businesses are working hard and there is a great interest in all kinds of clothes – from socks and underwear to coats.” She also informed that there was increase in the turnover index of the companies where the rise last year approached 10 per cent. The country exports its products mainly to Germany, Italy, Greece, France and Spain.