Turkey and South Korea to Cooperate in Construction Projects
Turkish Contractors Among World’s Largest
More Japanese Companies Eye Turkey
Turkish Olive Oil Exports Boom Amid Spain Drought
Production Push in Rice
Defense Exports Reach $780 Million
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NEWS
Turkey and South Korea to Cooperate in Construction Projects
Korean Minister of Land Transportation and
Infrastructure Mr. Seoung-Hwan Suh said Korea- with its
experience and expertise- will cooperate with Turkey-
with its grand economic power- in third countries.
Emphasizing the importance of infrastructure in the
economic development of a country, Suh in a speech in
Istanbul, defended that the Turkish Ministry of Economy
has significant expertise in finance and that Turkey, as a
geographical bridge between Asia and Europe, can be a cultural and economic bridge for
Asian countries such as South Korea. In addition to Korean Contractors Association Vice
Chairman Soong-Chull Shin, the meeting was also attended by Turkey’s Union of
Chambers and Commodity Exchanges vice Chairman, and member of the Foreign
Economic Relations Board of Managers, Halim Mete and Turkish Minister of Economy Mr.
Zafer Caglayan. Speaking at the meeting, Caglayan stated that the Turkish-Korean
Cooperation and Contracting in Central Asia Meeting brought together two super powers
in the construction sector, and that he believed that these two powers can achieve
important grand projects. Caglayan emphasized that the cooperation between the two
countries goes back decades, stating that the contractors of these two countries came
together to rehabilitate the infrastructure of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
Caglayan also stated that Turkish contractors have a well esteemed position in the world
as they have projects in 101 countries amounting 254 billion dollars.
To view the news report, please visit Ministry of Economy.
Turkish Contractors Among World’s Largest
38 Turkish construction companies have made it to
the ‘Top 225 International Contractors’ list of the
sector magazine Engineering News-Record (ENR).
The annual listing takes a construction company’s
operations outside its home country and ranks companies by their revenue.
Source: The news section of ISPAT website
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More Japanese Companies Eye Turkey
Having staged seminars and meetings on Turkey’s investment opportunities for the
Japanese business community in their home country, the Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey (ISPAT) returns home with good tidings.
Source: The news section of ISPAT website
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EVENT S
Turkish Companies To Participate In INPRODMASH & UPAKOVKA
INPRODMASH – 22nd International Specialized Trade Fair of Equipment and Technologies
for Food Processing Industry and UPAKOVKA - 14th International Specialized Exhibition
of Equipment, Materials and Technologies for Package will be concurrently held in Kiev,
Ukraine on September 10-12, 2013. Turkey will participate in the event at national level.
Turkish companies operating in the food processing and packaging industries will be present at the fair.
For more information about the fair, please visit its website.
Turkish Companies To Participate In Kyiv Fashion Show
Kyiv Fashion Show will be held in Kiev, Ukraine on
September 10-13, 2013. Turkey will participate in the
event at national level. Turkish companies operating in the related sectors will be present at the fair.
For more information about the fair, please visit its website.
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Turkish Companies To Participate In MOS Fair
MOS, 46th International Trade and Business Fair will be held in
Celje, Slovenia on September 11-17, 2013. Turkey will
participate in the event at national level. Approximately 50
Turkish companies operating in various sectors will be present
at the fair. There will be special session at the fair for B2B meetings with Turkish companies.
For more information about the fair, please visit its website.
INTERMOB, Istanbul, Oct. 5-9, 2013
INTERMOB - 16th International Furniture Side Industry,
Accessories, Forestry Products and Wood Technology Fair
will be held in Istanbul on October 5-9, 2013. The fair will
be attended by around 900 companies and company
representatives from 30 countries and is expected to host
65.000 visitors from around 100 countries with the support
of overseas promotion activities.
For more information about the fair, please visit its website.
SEC T OR S
Turkish Olive Oil Exports Boom Amid Spain Drought
Turkey raised its olive and olive oil exports by 172 percent
in the first eight months of the year due to drought in
Spain, an agriculture sector representative has said. “Our
olive oil sector, which has entered new markets and raised
its exports by two-digit percentages to several countries,
because of the drought in Spain should seek ways to
remain permanent in these markets,” Turkish Agricultural
Chambers Union (TZOB) President Şemsi Bayraktar said.
Turkey, the fourth largest olive oil producer, jumped its
exports to $333 million from $122.2 million with the 172
percent rise between January and August, according to data announced by the Turkish Exporters’ Association (TİM).
To view the news report, please visit Ministry of Economy website.
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Production Push in Rice
The rice industry has launched a major campaign
with the progress it made in production over the past
decade. From 216,000 tons in 2002, rice production
rose by 144% last year to 528,000 tons. The targeted
figure for 2013 is 540,000 tons. The success that
Turkey has achieved in rice exports over the past six
months indicate that there will be significant activity taking place in the industry in the coming term.
Source: The Turkish Perspective, July-August 2013, Issue:17
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Defense Exports Reach $780 Million
Turkey’s defense industry’s exports reached $780
million between January and July marking a 9
percent increase from the same period a year
earlier, according to data of the Defense and
Aerospace Industry Exporters’ Association (SSI).
SSI Chairman Latif Aral Aliş said the export
volume, worth more than $780 million, in the first
half showed a bigger hike than Turkey’s general
export volume rise. Aliş stated that their exports
rose from $600 million in 2008 to $1.2 billion last
year. Their annual export target was to reach
$1.5 billion, he added. The most exported
products are the parts for planes and helicopters, plane motors, armored land vehicles,
ships and speed boats, missiles, rockets and launching platforms, light arms and its
equipment, electronic systems, logistic support products and engineering and technology
transfer services, he noted.
To view the news report, please visit Ministry of Economy website.
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