Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

The information webinar on the Import Control System (Electronic Customs System) was held via video conference under the coordination of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) Transportation and Logistics Council.​

TOBB Women Entrepreneurs Board's third Supreme Board Meeting of 2023 was held online with the participation of TOBB Women Entrepreneurs Board President Nurten Öztürk and members of the Supreme Board.​

Selçuk Öztürk, Member of the Board of Directors of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB), attended the Astana International Forum held at the EXPO Congress Center in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.​

Cengiz Günay, Member of the Board of Directors of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) and Co-Chairman of the Türkiye-Bulgaria CCI Forum, attended the ‘2nd Bulgarian-Turkish Trade Summit’ in Bansko, Bulgaria.​

Faik Yavuz, Treasurer Member of the Board of Directors of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB), met with the President of the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce (KTTO) Turgay Deniz and the accompanying delegation at a business dinner organized at TOBB. ​

Since 1998, the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB), which has held a quality management system certificate, has been holding the opening meeting of the 2nd Surveillance Audit conducted by the Turkish Standards Institute audit committee within the scope of the ISO 9001: 2015 Quality Management Certificate, which was obtained as a result of the harmonization studies of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) with the ISO 9001 revision published in 2015, was held under the chairmanship of Cengiz Özcan, Deputy Secretary General of TOBB and with the participation of unit chiefs. ​

The number of domestic goods certificates approved in May 2023 increased by 43.1% compared to May 2022. 1315 Domestic Goods Certificates were approved by TOBB in May 2023 according to the Domestic Goods Communiqué (SGM 2014/35) prepared by the Ministry of Industry and Technology pursuant to Article 63 of the Public Procurement Law No. 4,734 and published in the Official Gazette dated September 13, 2014 and numbered 29118. Of the Domestic Goods Certificates approved in May 2023, 1,290 are active in the system. Of the 1,290 active certificates, 911 are at high and medium-high technology level and 379 are at medium-low and low technology level. Of the domestic goods certificates approved in May, 274 were issued in İstanbul, 159 in Ankara, 125 in Konya, 85 in Kahramanmaraş, 58 in İzmir and Kocaeli, 46 in Bursa, 42 in Tekirdağ, 34 in Samsun, 30 in Balıkesir. In May 2023, 1,315 Domestic Goods Certificates were approved, an increase of +20.8% compared to April 2023 (226). The total number of Active Domestic Goods Certificates in the TOBB Domestic Goods Certificate Database is 15,381. ​

M. Cihat Lokmanoğlu, Member of the Board of Directors of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB), participated online in the BIAC (Business at OECD / OECD Employer and Industry Advisory Committee) General Assembly held in hybrid format. ​

The number of capacity reports approved by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) in May 2023 increased by 22.3% (755) compared to January 2022 (3,382) and reached 4,137.​

Salih Zeki Murzioğlu, Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB), stated in his speech at the General Assembly of the Supreme Organization of Organized Industrial Zones (OSBÜK) that they left behind a difficult period and said, “We had many troubles internally and externally, we overcame many difficulties. We continued to work and produce. We carried industrial production and exports to the highest levels in our history. We managed to increase our share in the world export market above 1 percent for the first time.”​