Selçuk Öztürkten Konya Logistics Center message

Message from Konya Logistics Center from Selçuk Öztürk: Konya Chamber of Commerce President Selçuk Öztürk, drawing attention to the decline in the city's exports, will become the logistics base of Anatolia with the introduction of the Konya Logistics Center, Konya is connected to Mersin Port by rail and for foreign trade. He will provide great advantages, 'he said.
Konya Chamber of Commerce Chairman Selçuk Öztürk evaluated the export figures.
Ozturk, olarak Konya's October export figure 118 million 762 thousand dollars was realized. Our exports decreased by 9 per cent compared to the same month of the previous year and increased by 17 percent compared to the previous month. According to 118.7 million dollar export figures in October, 1.01 with the share of 14 in general exports of Konya. has been ranked sırada.
Saying that the contraction in world trade continues, President Öztürk said, “The World Trade Organization (WTO) has drastically reduced the world trade growth expectation for 2016 from 2,8 percent to 1,7 percent. This expectation shows that all countries' exports have contracted. According to the data released by the WTO, global trade contracted 2016 percent in 4,4. In the same period, South Korea's exports fell 8,8 percent, 12,1 percent in the UK, 7,2 percent in China and 5,6 percent in the USA. Our country and city are also negatively affected by these figures. As Konya, we exceeded 2016 million 1 thousand dollars in the first ten months of 100. It is seen that we will reach a figure of 1 million 350 million dollars throughout the year. These figures reveal that we need to work harder to increase exports in 2017. Although the number of exporter companies and our exports as a unit increase every year, the fact that the desired increase in dollar terms cannot be achieved reveals that we need to move to value added production faster. The way we will follow in order to be less affected by global negativities will be to focus on value-added production and to open up bolder to different markets. On the other hand the Anatolian cities for increasing the contribution of exports to Turkey should be given a more rapid resolution of problems. Konya, which will become the logistics base of Anatolia with the introduction of Konya Logistics Center, will provide great advantages for foreign trade by connecting to Mersin Port by rail. These projects will be developments that will increase the exports of not only Konya but all the provinces in our region. As Konya, we are eager to export more in the coming years. Our city has the potential to achieve a very rapid increase in exports with our projects to be completed. ”