17.02.2017 Ankara
TOBB kicks off “Intelligence in Foreign Trade” training to make non-exporting SMEs into exporters. TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that they want to raise awareness and encourage SMEs towards foreign trade, “The government produces very comprehensive incentives for investment and export. We will motivate our companies who want to export their goods across borders with information regarding foreign target markets, customers, and various countries’ legislations.”
The Union of Chambers
and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) took the initiative to raise awareness
and encourage SMEs about exports and to encourage new companies to export as
well as contributing the country's economy. To this end, TOBB has begun to
provide chamber-exchange personnel with training on “Intelligence in Foreign
Trade”. Training sessions are to be held in 3 groups and will be completed on
March 9th, 2017.
On the subject, TOBB
President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that they are undertaking work to
ensure that more SMEs become export-capable. Hisarcıklıoğlu explained that the goal
is to make companies into players in global trade, “We are looking for
companies that know no boundaries. The first phase of this is to encourage our
companies. The government produces very comprehensive incentives for investment
and export. We will motivate our companies who want to export their goods across
borders with information regarding foreign target markets, customers, and
various countries’ legislations. In the past, information was used to reach an
objective; now information itself is of great value. This will be relayed to
our members with the project ‘Intelligence in Foreign Trade’ which we started
with our Chambers and Commodity Exchanges under the coordination of our Union.
We aim to eliminate the lack of information in foreign trade through the
provision of commercial information and technical information. Commercial
information on markets at the global level, target country markets, target
competitors, target customers, country legislation, foreign trade operations,
new technologies and applications will be relayed to Chambers and Commodity
Exchange members by personnel who will take part in the training at TOBB.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu stated
that a second project, following the “Intelligence in Foreign Trade” project, will
be aimed at improving the commercial cooperation of members in the digital
field of the international arena and will be take place later this year. Stating
that they want to bale more SMEs to be exporters; this will ensure increased employment
and foreign exchange for the country's economy, TOBB President said that they
are striving to ensure a strong presence for Turkey in the global supply chain.