Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

Baltic Business Forum was held in Swinoujscie, Poland, between the 14th and 16th of September, 2016. Attending the forum representing TOBB was TOBB Foreign Affairs Commission Chair H. Ruhi Koçak. Turkey was the guest of honor at the Forum attended by Polish Development Deputy Minister Jerzy Kwiecinski and Swinoujscie Governor.​

The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey has published the 2017 Expo Calendar. A total of 416 expos, 114 of them international, have been approved for 2017.​

TOBB Board Member Memiş Kütükçü accompanied Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekçi during his visit to London, UK, to review bilateral trade and economic relations, assess possible new fields for cooperation and to exchange views post-July 15th coup attempt.​

TOBB Turkey Cosmetics and Sanitary Products Sector meeting took place with the attendance of TOBB Board Member Cengiz Günay. Current issues of the cosmetics and sanitary products sector and proposals for solutions were discussed during the meeting.​

TOBB Board Member and Muğla CCI Chair Bülent Karakuş attended the East Azerbaijan – Turkey Trade and Investment Conference hosted by the Tabriz Chamber of Industry, Mines and Agriculture on 3rd and 4th of September.​

TOBB Board Vice Chair Halim Mete accompanied Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekçi to Italy as a part of the various talks which will be held in European countries in order to discuss the events of July 15th and its effects on the economy as well as identifying new opportunities for economic cooperation between Turkey and European countries.​

TOBB Board Vice Chair Halim Mete accompanied Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekçi to Holland, meeting with high level representatives of world leader companies such as Royal Dutch Shell, ING, FedEx, Rabobank, NN Group, Royal IHC and Fugro.​

IRU TIR EPD Seminars were held in Gaziantep and Trabzon on the 23rd and of 24th of August, respectively, with the attendances of Kazakhstan Customs Authorities and IRU Representatives.​

Turkey Chemicals Industry Council Chair Timur Erk stated that the increased production in the chemicals industry is a positive development, emphasizing the need to preserve the momentum of this development for both the national economy and the development of the industry.​

Coordination Council for the Improvement of the Investment Environment (YOİKK) Technical Committee meetings took place hosted by TOBB to discuss 2016-2017 action plans on August 17-18-19, convening under their respective undersecretaries.​