15.12.2021 Ankara
The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu met with Sergiy Tsivkach, CEO of Ukraine's Investment Agency 'UkraineInvest', at a business dinner.
In addition to the
members of the Turkey-Ukraine Chamber of Commerce and Industry Forum
established between TOBB and the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry,
Onur Çetinceviz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Onur Taahhüt
Transportation Construction Trade and Industry Inc., Burak Pehlivan, President
of the Turkish Ukrainian Businessmen's Association (TUİD), Ahmet Güldal,
Chairman and General Manager of the Land Crops Office, Ülkü Karakuş, Chairman
of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Feed Industrialists Association and
Chairman of the Turkish Agricultural Council, Natalia Lopatina, Undersecretary
of the Ukrainian Embassy in Ankara, and business people participated in the
meeting.
Speaking at the opening
of the meeting, Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that trade relations between Turkey and
Ukraine are improving and that in the first ten months of 2021, despite the
pandemic, exports increased by about 70%. Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that Turkey and
Ukraine have set a trade volume target of $10 billion.
Emphasizing the
importance of signing and enacting the Free Trade Agreement as soon as
possible, Hisarcıklıoğlu said that as of now, there are around 700 Turkish
companies in Ukraine and there is an investment of $4.1 billion. He stated that
Turkey has been the country that has invested the most in Ukraine in the last 5
years.
- Invitation from
Tsivkach to Turkish investors
UkraineInvest CEO
Sergiy Tsivkach, who gave a presentation on investment opportunities in
Ukraine, said they would like to see more Turkish investors in Ukraine.
After my opening speech
and presentation, the participants exchanged views on Turkey-Ukraine trade and
economic relations and investment opportunities in Ukraine.
- Structure of the
Turkey-Ukraine Chamber of Commerce and Industry Forum
The Turkey-Ukraine
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Forum was established in 2019 by the Union of
Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) and the Ukrainian Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (UCCI). The Chamber’s Turkish side President and members are
appointed by TOBB, and the Ukrainian side is appointed by UCCI. Annual economic
summits, joint board meetings, business forums, business meetings and efforts
to improve Turkey-Ukraine business relations are the main areas of study of the
Turkey-Ukraine Chamber of Commerce and Industry Forum.