24.06.2020 Ankara
The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu urged electronic commerce sites to apply for trust seals, saying, “We expect all e-commerce sites registered with the Electronic Commerce Information System (ETBİS) to apply for a trust seal so that they can easily increase their business volumes.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu,
organized by the Ministry of Commerce, Turkey's e-commerce data was also
announced in the Electronic Commerce Information System Digital Promotion
Meeting, said that the importance of e-commerce with the Covid-19 pandemic has
increased even more.
Hisarcıklıoğlu
stated that the monitoring of the sector and the evaluation of the data have
become very important, and that the design of policies and incentives to be
given to improve the sector needs to be monitored of e-commerce data.
Hisarcıklıoğlu reminded that the sector's data in the Turkish Sectoral Economy
Council conveyed the importance of one hand collection.
Referring
to the efforts carried out by TOBB to increase the development and volume of
e-commerce in the country, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “TOBB Turkey e-Commerce Council,
which we established in 2016, has become a public-private consultation platform
in which Turkey's leading e-commerce companies develop their relations with the
public. We identify the barriers to the sector, develop proposals and implement
them, producing joint strategies for the development of the sector. With the
e-Export Committee established within our assembly, we design incentives for
SMEs to be opened to the world through electronic commerce and carry out work to
facilitate customs processes. With the initiatives of our Union and the support
of our Ministry of Commerce, customs procedures in the process of the return of
goods sold abroad via e-commerce have decreased significantly. In addition, in
order for women to be active in the economy, the regulation that will bring tax
exemptions has been implemented when selling what they produce to women entrepreneurs
through e-commerce. I thank our government.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu,
touching on Covid-19 epidemic with the trainings organized by entrepreneurs,
digitalization, e-commerce and e-export, emphasizing its benefits, “We teach
how to carry their business to e-commerce, we are building an e-export bridge
from Turkey to Europe.”
- “Let consumers look for the trust
seal”
Noting
that the Electronic Commerce Information Platform will take on critical tasks
during this period, Hisarcıklıoğlu noted that through the “Electronic Commerce
Information Platform, we will be able to see the most accurate information
about the sector and query the registered e-commerce sites and access
statistical information. With the authorization of our Ministry of Commerce, we
began to give a seal of trust to e-commerce sites. One of the two criteria we
have checked on sites applying for trust seal is whether it is a member of
ETBİS. If they are a member, then they can become eligible for a trust seal.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu,
recalling that, with Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan, last week they announced 18
e-commerce sites that received trust seals, said, “With this campaign we say to
consumers 'The most important point that will address the lack of trust you
encounter when shopping in electronic media is that if there is a trust seal on
a site, you can easily shop, you can use your credit card.' I invite all
trading sites to receive seal trusts. On this occasion, we expect all
e-commerce sites registered with ETBİS to apply for a trust seal so that they
can easily increase their business volumes.”