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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
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
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
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