Turkish frozen and canned food manufacturer Dardanel Onentas Gida has reported a rise in exports for the first quarter of 2003 to 4.0trn Turkish lira (US$2.8m), compared to 806bn lira a year earlier.


The company’s domestic sales increased to 5.8trn lira, from 3.6trn lira in the year-ago period.


Dardanel posted a net loss of 18.3trn lira for the first quarter, compared to a net profit of 9.3trn lira a year earlier.


The company posted a net loss of 35.7trn lira for 2002 and a net loss of 110.4trn lira for 2001, reported the Turkish News Digest.