Konfeksiyon Teknik Dergisi Mayıs 2017 Sayısı

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KONFEKSİYON TEKNİK | MAYIS | MAY | 2017
“Russia should reduce customs duty to 5%”
Expressing that there are many investment opportunities
in Russia for Turkish businessmen, and there
are many important opportunities in Turkey for
Russian investors, Vice President of Istanbul Leather
and Leather Products Exporters’ Association (İD-
MİB), Mehmet Ali Dinçer indicates that “ For that
reason, the relation between two countries should
be crowned with a Free Trade Agreement”. Asserting
that there should be a Free Trade Agreement
between the two countries, where there are important
figures on export and import, Dinç touches
upon the high customs duty and states that “Russia
takes 10 percent customs duty. We have an important
request from them, we want them to reduce
this 10 percent customs duty to five percent”.
“2017 will be better than 2016 for Leather Industry”
Expressing that Russia is one of the super power
in the world, and Russian economy will move in a
positive direction in consideration of the development,
President of Istanbul Leather and Leather
Products Exporters’ Association (İDMİB), Mustafa
Şenocak indicates that “There is a recession in the
world economy, it is in the Russia. We had 545-million-dollar
leather and leather products exports to
Russia in 2013, but now it has declined to 1.107 million
dollars. However, in terms of leather sector, we
believe that 2017 will be better than 2016.” He also
noted that Turkey is aware that it needs to produce
high-value products for export. Şenocak also notes
that “Chip” application, which Russia has started
for leather products, has increased the transportation
fees from 30-40 dollars to 100-120 dollars and
requests solution for this application. Expressing
that Alleather-IDF Istanbul Fair has hosted 100 professional
buyers from 18 countries, mainly Russia,
President of Turkey Leather Foundation (TÜRDEV),
Kıyasettin Temuçin notes that he aims to increase
the export figures with the fair that have been in
decline recently. Indicating that Turkish leather industry
has been exporting to Russia for 25 years,
Temuçin states that “We want to go back to old
days with Russia, which is our largest buyer. As an
industry, we will continue to export to Russia with
our original design. However, our enterprises have
been suffering from the “Chip” application, initiated
by Russia. Our small and medium-sized enterprises
are extremely affected by this situation”.
“Russia should leave the leather business to Turkey”
Member of Leather Promotion Board, Ruken Mızraklı
has assessed the mutual needs of Turkey and
Russia about natural gas and leather products. Indicating
that business world has good mutual relations,
Mızraklı states leather production has shifted
to the east after 1920’s and 1930’s, underlines that
Turkey is an important centre for tannery along
with infrastructure and technical matters. Reminding
that there is a 36 million cbm in Çorlu, and 30
million cbm in Tuzla and major industrial regions in
a plenty of regions, Ruken Mızraklı states that “Russia
should leave the leather business to Turkey and
develop strategies on buying. Russia should assess
leather industry separately within industrialization.
Russians do not have to invest from the scratch on
that issue for Turkey does it.”
“Turkish - Russian trade relations are getting better”
The Russian guest of the Panel, Vice president of
Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Moscow
Region, Vadim Vinokurov made important statements
about the agenda and answered the questions
of the audience and panellists. Referring primarily
to the crisis, Vinokurov stresses that Moscow
Region has a major industrial potential and every
region in Russia is assessed differently and Moscow
Region has closed 2016 with + 16 percent. Talking
about the Russian economy Vinokurov notes that
he does not expect a substantial change in the
value of the Ruble at the moment. Expressing that
Turkish-Russian relations are normalized at the moment
after the plane crisis, Vadim Vinokurov states
that “In fact, we did not stop our relations during
the crisis. I think that humanitarian and commercial
relations are above politics”.