Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

The number of capacity reports approved in the first 10 months of 2020 (35,777 units) decreased by 1.9% (704 units) compared to the first 10 months of 2019 (36,481).

Of the 3,961 capacity reports approved in October; 1,181 were in Istanbul, 274 in Bursa, 249 in Ankara, 236 in Izmir, 141 in Konya, 140 in Gaziantep, 134 in Kocaeli, 95 in Manisa and Tekirdağ, and 88 in Adana.

The total number of active capacity reports in the TOBB Industrial Database increased from 74,881 in October 2019 to 78,258 in October 2020, an increase of 4.5% (3,377 units).

According to Active Capacity Reports, the total number of employees increased by 2.7% (85,337 units) from 3,171,210 in October 2019 to 3,256,547 in October 2020.

Capacity reports are compiled by local Chambers and approved by TOBB for: utilization of bench, device, machine and motive force in processing raw materials, semi-and complete products, property, content, composition or shape in full or in part; for businesses that produce a new product in serial or standard, and for those who operate and operate underground resources and produce software with information technology.