Investment opportunities tekirdag_burcu

INVESTMENT & COOPORATION OPPORTUNITIES IN TRAKYA

Burcu YIGITEREU - Business Development Centers Network

Business Service Manager

2009

TURKEY IS A MEMBER OF CUSTOMS UNIONAND HALF OF EXPORTS GOES TO EU MEMBER

COUNTRIES

QUALITY STANDARDS APPROACHED TO EU LEVELS IN MOST SECTORS

TRAKYA, GATE TO EUROPE

PROXIMITY TO NEIGBOURING COUNTRIES PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT ADVANTAGE TO TEKİRDAĞ

TRAKYA IS ON EU TERRITORY AND

BORDERING GREECE AND BULGARIA

• Turkey’s one of the biggest private industry park, European Free Zone (EFZ) is located in an industrial centre at Tekirdağ/Corlu region and was established on a 2.000.000 m2 area started to operate on 1999.

• Because of the strategic location, EFZ is playing a very inportant role of the Turkish foreign trade. By the beginning of 2008 the trade volume reached to 2 Billion dollars.

• Production• Purchasing-

Selling• Assembling-

Disassembling• Repair-

Maintenance• Banking• Insurance• Others

EUROPEAN FREE ZONE

Total Area 12.5 MILLION m2

Factories Operating 189

Breakdown of Sectors 73 textile, 18 chemical, 20 plastic, 10 iron andsteel, 9 other metals, 5 food, 5 machinery, 4

fuel,3 forestry, 2 paper, 2 glass, 2 electronics, 2

drinks, 1 agricultural machinery, 33 others

Total Energy Consumption 60.000.000 Kw-h per month

Çerkezköy Organised Industrial Zone

Total Area 12.5 MILLION m2

Factories Operating 118

Capacity 25.050.000 cattle and sheep

Total Energy Consumption 4.200.000 Kw-h electric, 2000 tons of fuel, and 2.150.000 m3 per month

Çorlu Leather Organised Industrial Zones

ALL INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES ARE AVALIABLE IN ALL OF THE INDUSTRIAL ZONES

310 FIRMS IN THE ORGANİSED INDUSTRIAL AREAS, EMPLOY MORE THAN 10.000 PEOPLE AND

SERVE NOT ONLY TEKİRDAĞ BUT ALSO THE ENTIRE MARMARA REGION INCLUDING ISTANBUL

BREAKDOWN OF PRODUCERS

Breakdown of Industry

Breakdown of Area Usage

SOME PRODUCTS PRODUCED IN TEKİRDAĞ

Agriculture Machinery: High Capacity and Innovation

Vegetable Oil: Cheap Raw Material

Textiles: High Quality

Alcoholic Drinks: Cheap Raw Material

Energy: Closeness to Big Cities and Indusrty

Potential Investment Areas Investigation

THIS PERIOD IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR BOTH PARTIES REGARDING COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIP,

INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENTS OR MUTUAL RELATIONSHIPS

THANK YOU !

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