Automotive Expotrs November 2022
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Gov’t support gives boost to micro export<br />
More and more small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and other<br />
businesses are turning to e-export after the government granted tax<br />
breaks of up to 50 percent to micro exporters last year.<br />
E-commerce volume soared 69 percent to reach 400 billion Turkish<br />
Liras in 2021, while the number of orders placed through those<br />
platforms increased by 46 percent to 3.4 billion, according to data from<br />
the Trade Ministry.<br />
Some 92 percent of e-trade took place within Türkiye, while the share<br />
of e-exports in this ecosystem was 4 percent.<br />
Most of the 500,000 companies, which engaged in e-commerce<br />
activities, sold their products in marketplaces, while around 26,000 of<br />
them used their own websites.<br />
The Trade Ministry recently unveiled a scheme dubbed “distant<br />
countries strategy, which aims to boost Türkiye’s share in global trade.<br />
“Micro exporters can also benefit from what the Trade Ministry offers<br />
to regular exporters. The regulation introduced last year, which offers<br />
tax breaks, will give a boost to micro exporters’ businesses,” said<br />
Mustafa Namoğlu, CEO of ikas.com.<br />
Under the support mechanism, The Trade Ministry help companies<br />
with their marketing activities, opening offices and stores abroad, he<br />
noted. Micro export is the type of export that covers shipments of up<br />
to 300 kilograms and 15,000 euros in value, Namoğlu explained.<br />
Through the system called the Electronic Trade Customs Declaration<br />
(ETCD), the Trade Ministry developed facilitates for small and mediumsized<br />
companies to carry out their export activities, Namoğlu said.<br />
“Under this system, SMEs do not need to register with an exporters’<br />
association or file customs documents with customs brokers. Those<br />
companies can keep their products at the warehouses of authorized<br />
ETCD firms at no additional cost.”<br />
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