Automotive Exports October 2022

Gov’t support
gives boost to
micro export
More and more small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs) and other businesses
are turning to e-export after the
government granted tax breaks of up to 50
percent to micro exporters last year.
E-commerce volume soared 69 percent
to reach 400 billion Turkish Liras in 2021,
while the number of orders placed through
those platforms increased by 46 percent
to 3.4 billion, according to data from the
Trade Ministry.
Some 92 percent of e-trade took place
within Türkiye, while the share of e-exports
in this ecosystem was 4 percent.
Most of the 500,000 companies, which
engaged in e-commerce activities, sold
their products in marketplaces, while
around 26,000 of them used their own
websites.
The Trade Ministry recently unveiled a
scheme dubbed “distant countries strategy,
which aims to boost Türkiye’s share in
global trade.
“Micro exporters can also benefit from
what the Trade Ministry offers to regular
exporters. The regulation introduced last
year, which offers tax breaks, will give a
boost to micro exporters’ businesses,” said
Mustafa Namoğlu, CEO of ikas.com.
Under the support mechanism, The
Trade Ministry help companies with their
marketing activities, opening offices and
stores abroad, he noted.
Micro export is the type of export that
covers shipments of up to 300 kilograms
and 15,000 euros in value, Namoğlu
explained.
Through the system called the Electronic
Trade Customs Declaration (ETCD), the
Trade Ministry developed facilitates for
small and medium-sized companies to
carry out their export activities, Namoğlu
said.
“Under this system, SMEs do not need
to register with an exporters’ association
or file customs documents with customs
brokers. Those companies can keep their
products at the warehouses of authorized
ETCD firms at no additional
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