Pharma Turkey January February 2022

Strategic Steps were Determined
While evaluating in a broad perspective, from access to
finance to logistics, from new international regulations
to high value-added products, solution proposals that
will carry the pharmaceutical industry to the future,
and strategic steps to be taken in the short and medium
term were determined with joint mind studies are at the
roundtable meetings.
Adil Pelister: “Our pharmaceutical product group
exports increased by 19.4 percent”
Making a presentation at the Pharmaceutical Industry
Future Research Workshop, İKMİB Chairman of the Board
Adil Pelister gave detailed information about the activities
İKMİB has carried out so far. Stating that the exports
of the pharmaceutical product group, which includes
drugs, have increased from 863 million dollars to 1 billion
425 million dollars in the last 5 years, Pelister said, “The
exports of our pharmaceutical product group increased
by 19.4 percent last year compared to 2020. While
we exported 1.4 billion dollars in 2021, our imports
amounted to 6.8 billion dollars. The top five countries to
which we exported the most in 2021 were Azerbaijan-
Nakhchivan, Iraq, Iran, Thrace Free Zone and Germany,
respectively. Exports to these five countries constitute
30.9 percent of the total exports in the sector. While
our exports to Azerbaijan-Nakhchivan increased by
145.75 percent, our exports to Iran increased by 153.43
percent. We anticipate that our exports will continue to
accelerate this year as well.”
“We want to put the Chemical Technology Center into
operation by the end of the year”
Providing information about the latest status of the
Chemical Technology Center (KTM), the most important
project of İKMİB, Pelister said, “Within the scope of our
İKMİB Chemical Technology Center establishment efforts,
we have held various meetings and visited important
universities and organizations. We are establishing a
Chemical Technology Center where our companies in the
chemical industry can get their certificates, where there
are accredited tests and laboratories, where there are
start-up areas, where search conferences can be held,
and where there is a digital library. We established our
company with the approval of our Ministry of Commerce
under the name of “Chemistry Research Technology and
Innovation Center (KATİM) A.Ş” in order to carry out the
activities of KTM, whose feasibility studies we continue.
We are continuing our preparations to put our Chemistry
Technology Center into operation by the end of this year,
which will begin to serve primarily our paint, plastic and
plastic products, cosmetics and rubber industries.”
Bu beş ülkeye yapılan ihracat, sektörde yapılan toplam
ihracatın yüzde 30,9’unu oluşturuyor. Azerbaycan-
Nahçivan’a ihracatımız yüzde 145,75 artarken, İran’a
ihracatımız ise yüzde 153,43 arttı. Bu yıl da ihracatımızın
artış ivmesini sürdüreceğini öngörüyoruz” dedi.
“Kimya Teknoloji Merkezi’ni yıl sonuna kadar faaliyete
almak istiyoruz”
İKMİB’in en önemli projesi Kimya Teknoloji
Merkezi’nin (KTM) son durumuna ilişkin bilgi veren
Pelister, “İKMİB Kimya Teknoloji Merkezi kurulum
çalışmalarımız kapsamında bugüne kadar çeşitli
toplantılar gerçekleştirdik ve önemli üniversite ve
kuruluşlara ziyaretlerde bulunduk. Kimya sektöründeki
firmalarımızın sertifikalarını alabileceği, akredite test
ve laboratuvarların olduğu, start-up alanlarının olduğu,
arama konferanslarının yapılabileceği aynı zamanda
dijital kütüphanesinin olduğu bir Kimya Teknoloji Merkezi
kuruyoruz. Fizibilite çalışmalarına devam ettiğimiz
KTM’nin faaliyetlerini yürütebilmesi amacıyla “Kimya
Araştırma Teknoloji ve İnovasyon Merkezi (KATİM) A.Ş”
adıyla Ticaret Bakanlığımızın onayı ile şirketimizi kurduk.
Öncelikle boya, plastik ve plastik mamulleri, kozmetik ve
kauçuk sektörlerimize hizmet vermeye başlayacak Kimya
Teknoloji Merkezimizi bu yılın sonuna kadar faaliyete
almak üzere hazırlıklarımıza devam ediyoruz” ifadelerini
kullandı.
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