Toyuncak Dergisi Ocak 2019

The target in chemical exports
is $20 billion in 2019
In the first half of this year, we had the excitement of
elections at İKMİB. After I was elected the President at the
General Assembly held in April, we started to work very
swiftly. As of the day I took office, we have carefully and
primarily focused on the activities that will increase the
exports in the chemical industry as well as any problems
and solutions. In line with this aim, we organized various
national and international events, and we worked
towards our target to become the second most exporting
sector on an annual basis.
2018 was a year of records for the exports despite unfavorable
circumstances such as floating rate, high interest
rate and high inflation in the second half of the year. Providing
the largest contribution to the growth of Turkey, the
export has been the main dimension that has enabled the
companies to survive in this difficult period. In 2018, Turkey
broke a record in exports and chemical industry achieved
to come off second-best sector in export figures for fourth
times on a monthly basis thanks to its performance. The
chemical industry achieved great success in September,
October and December in 2018, and achieved to be the
second most exporting sector in Turkey. As we promised,
we took firm steps to get the second place permanently.
In 2018, the exports of chemical industry, one of Turkey’s
leading sectors, amounted to $17 billion 444 million. Thus,
it exceeded the $17 billion target, getting the third place
after automotive and textile in exports. Compared to
2017, the sector exports increased by 8.23 percent in
terms of value. In 2018, our chemical exports reached 19.5
billion tons with an increase of 7.18 percent compared to
the previous year. When we look at the year 2018 on a
monthly basis, October was the month of highest export
figure with 1 billion 594 million dollars.
In 2018, the countries to which we exported the most were
Egypt, Germany, Iraq, USA, Spain, Italy, England, Netherlands,
Greece and Iran. Also, in 2018, the European Union
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