Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

TOBB Deputy Secretary General Cengiz Delibas evaluated the effects of the negatives in the fields of raw materials, procurement and logistics on the automotive industry by emphasizing the cost increase. Delibaş said that the demand for an extension of normalization supports continues so that employment can be protected and cost increases in this area can be prevented.

Cengiz Eroldu, the Automotive Industry Council President, stated that despite the pandemic, 2021 was high in terms of production and the contribution of the sector to the country continued in this process. Eroldu stated that the most effective negative factor for production is chip shortage “We try to adapt to the chip problem by reducing production volumes and production tempo. I think the chip shortage will continue a little longer.” In addition, he stressed that the increase in raw material prices has a serious impact on the sector. He noted the importance of TOBB's support for the automotive industry.

In the meeting, automotive industry January-May 2021 business results evaluation, pandemic process and general problems in procurement processes, findings on the benefit of the automotive industry from Eximbank loans, financing expense restriction, Draft Regulation on The Control of Industrial Air Pollution, Management of waste oils, data transfer abroad, Automotive Summer Camp, International Automotive Engineering Conference IAEC '21 and environmental issues pursued by TOBB were discussed.