Pekcan, the Ministry of Trade and Turkey Exporters Assembly (TIM), in coordination, Uludag Automotive Industry Exporters' Union of Turkey's first 3D virtual automotive trade fair organized by the organization "Auto Expo Turkey 2020 Fair" attended the opening program.
Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan, Turkey's path to more value-added, will continue to export more innovative said, "We are confident that our automotive sector in this adventure and full of confidence." said.
Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan, Turkey's path to more value-added, will continue to export more innovative said, "We are confident that our automotive sector in this adventure and full of confidence." said.
Pekcan stated that the Auto Expo fair has the characteristic of being the 8th Virtual Export Fair to be held with the support of the Ministry since May, and the fact that the fair will be attended from more than 60 countries has shown both the success in virtual fairs as a country and the dynamism and efficiency of the Turkish automotive industry on a global scale. emphasized that he was laying.
Pekcan pointed out that virtual delegations and virtual fairs are an application that they have quickly put into use to support the exporter in the face of the new type of coronavirus (Kovid-19) epidemic, and that these events were met with great interest from different sectors, and before that over 7 thousand in 54 different virtual fairs. reported that the number of participants has been reached.
Pekcan stated that 48 virtual trade delegation activities have been carried out for 39 different countries and that the companies have held approximately 6 thousand bilateral business meetings, and that virtual trade delegations and virtual fairs are almost a part of the new normal, exporters' market entry opportunities and international promotion opportunities are epidemic. He stated that it provides an important convenience to continue in the process.
Pekcan, this kind of virtual activities at the same time, the tendency is to digitalize the sector reveals that, Turkey said it was a source of prestige terms.
"We will continue to support our industry in the most accurate and strategic way."
Minister Pekcan noted the following about the different types of support they provide to exporters:
“Within the scope of Design Support, we have included the projects of 32 companies among the projects supported by our Ministry. In this context, we support the employment, tool-equipment and software expenses of our companies for 3 years. With our Global Supply Chain Support, we aim to support our companies operating in the automotive, defense and aviation and machinery sectors. We will continue to support the machinery-equipment, hardware and software and quality and certification documents required by our companies in order to accelerate their participation in the supply pools of product manufacturing companies on a global scale. To date, 84 out of 40 projects approved under KTZ support are in the automotive sector.
Pointing out that, within the scope of the Development of International Competitiveness program, 2010 projects for the automotive sector, including 399 companies, were approved since 21, Pekcan said, “12 of the projects have been completed and 9 projects are continuing actively. Our automotive industry will continue to be one of the leading sectors of our exports, and we will continue to support our industry in the most accurate and strategic way. " used the expressions.
Turkey's road to more value-added, more innovative exports will continue underlines Pekcan, "Our belief in our automotive sector in this adventure and full of confidence." said.
Pekcan stated that they believe that they will continue to receive good news about new generation technologies from all companies in addition to the domestic automobile production process.
"We will reach the export levels we desire as soon as possible"
Pointing out that the fight against the epidemic continues in the field of health as well as in the field of economy and foreign trade, Pekcan explained the practices they have put into practice as the Ministry.
Pekcan noted that they stand by the exporters with many studies and support, from the "contactless trade" they applied at the beginning of the epidemic to the efforts to increase e-commerce, from the Easy Export Platform they put into use in August, to the government supports in exports and Eximbank supports, and that they will continue to be.
Stating that thanks to the contribution of all these supports and the devoted work of business people, they showed great resistance to the epidemic with production and export, Pekcan said:
“We all know that there is a serious contraction and a decrease in demand in our important markets, especially in the EU. The EU autumn forecast predicts that the EU economy will contract by 2020 percent in the last quarter of 6,6. Despite this negativity, our country's exports increased by 2,3 percent in October and November. Likewise, our exports increased by 33,8 percent in the third quarter of the year compared to the previous quarter. It should also be emphasized that the ratio of exports excluding gold to imports is at an important level of 85,7 percent. "
Minister Pekcan stated that despite the negative picture in foreign markets, the automotive sector achieved a monthly export increase for the first time in September according to the WTO sector classification and increased by 3,6 percent in October. Stating that exports of 2,3 billion dollars in November were recorded at almost the same level as the November export last year, Pekcan said, “I hope, thanks to the relaxations to be provided in our foreign markets and your intense efforts, we can reach the export levels we desire and deserve as soon as possible. we will reach. " found in the evaluations.
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