GAZİANTEP

“An industry and trade center on the historical Silk Road”

AGENDA• Location

• Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce

• Structure of the Industry

• Products

• Foreign Trade Statistics

• Strategic Advantages

• Fairs

• Area: 6222 km2

• Population: 1.844.438 • Syria Border: 74 km• Iraq Border: 516 km• Iskenderun Port: 137 km, Mersin Port 275 km• Most developed city in the region• One of the oldest settlements in the world(5600 years)

•Largest industry and trade center

•Strategic location-strong ties and easy access with Middle East, Caucasus, North Africa and Central Asia

•4 Organized Industry Zones, 5th one is under parcellation process

•Trade with Neighbouring Countries•Ranked 1st in energy consumption, parcel distrubution and number of employees among all OIZ’s in Turkey

•Industrial area with developed service, infrastructure

•Only 2 hour distribution range by plane to all major North African and Middleastern cities and reaching more than 500 million people

•Overall, Gaziantep became an industry and trade center by the local entreprenuerships without having government investments

GAZİANTEP CHAMBER OF GAZİANTEP CHAMBER OF COMMERCECOMMERCE

•Established in 1898

•13000 members from many sectors, one of the most important NGO in the region.

•Various EU funded projects: Euro Info Centre, EU Info Relay(first one in Turkey), ABİGEM, Cultural Heritage Program(Promotion of Tourism in Gaziantep-Halfeti- Rumkale,Southeastern Anatolia Promotion Project, Vocational Training, GETAM

SECTORAL DISTRIBUTION OF SECTORAL DISTRIBUTION OF COMPANIES IN GAOIZ-2013COMPANIES IN GAOIZ-2013

TEXTILE 324

FOOD 178CHEMICALS AND PAINT 64

PLASTICS 58OTHERS(Machinery, construction etc.) 136

TOTAL 760

GAZİANTEP’S PLACE IN GAZİANTEP’S PLACE IN TURKISH ECONOMYTURKISH ECONOMY

• Number of Exporting Companies : 1142

• Export Destinations: 175

• Gaziantep's share in Turkey's total production : 5%

• Gaziantep's share in Turkey's total export : 4,27%

ADVANCED SECTORS ADVANCED SECTORS IN GAZİANTEPIN GAZİANTEP

• Textile Industry

• Agro-Food Production

• Chemistry and Plastics

• Machinery

GAZİANTEP’SGAZİANTEP’S SHARE SHARE IIN TOTAL N TOTAL PRODUCTION PRODUCTION CAPACCAPACIITY OF TURKEYTY OF TURKEY

MACHINMACHINEMADE EMADE CARPETCARPET

%82%82

PPIISTACHSTACHIIO O PROCESSPROCESSIINNGG%75%75

LENTIL, LENTIL, BULGUR BULGUR %70%70

PP BAGS PP BAGS AND AND SACKSSACKS%60%60

WHEAT WHEAT FLOUR, FLOUR, PASTA AND PASTA AND SEMOLINA SEMOLINA %60%60

KNITTED KNITTED CLOTHES CLOTHES %60%60

NON-NON-WOVEN WOVEN FABRIC FABRIC %59%59

ACRYLIC, ACRYLIC, SYNTHETICSYNTHETIC, , POLYESTERPOLYESTER, PP YARN, PP YARN%45%45

WAFER,WAFER,CANDY, CANDY, BISCUIT, BISCUIT, CHOCOLATCHOCOLATE E %30%30

BLANKETS,BLANKETS,HOME TEXTILE HOME TEXTILE %10%10

VEGETABVEGETABLE OILLE OIL%10%10

BABY BABY DIAPERSDIAPERS%10%10

PVC WINDOW PVC WINDOW PROFILES, PROFILES, CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS,MATERIALS,CEMENTCEMENT%10%10

OTHER OTHER PRODUCTS…..PRODUCTS…..• Money safes• Escalators• Milling machinery• Shoes and slippers• Soap, detergent and shampoo• Plastifiers and glues

EXPORT AND IMPORT FIGURES FOR GAZİANTEP

YEAR-YEAR-USDUSD EXPORTEXPORT IMPORTIMPORT TOTAL TOTAL

VOLUMEVOLUME

20093.260.097.5

442.126.150.0

005.386.247.544

20103.887.663.3

213.430.052.0

007.317.715.321

20114.928.967.6

104.782.396.0

009.711.363.610

20125.879.414.1

205.053.852.0

2910.933.266.149

20136.472.870.3

20

6.658.019.398

13.130.889.718

TOP EXPORTING CITIES IN TURKEY-TOP EXPORTING CITIES IN TURKEY-20132013

USD CITIES 2013

1İSTANBUL

63.800.027.310

2BURSA

12.855.961.850

3 KOCAELİ 12.725.182.550

4 İZMİR 8.916.982.830

5 ANKARA 7.270.972.810

6 GAZİANTEP 6.472.870.320

7 MANİSA 4.033.294.030

8 DENİZLİ 3.083.293.590

9 SAKARYA 2.240.493.260

10 HATAY 2.083.282.660

Exports increased by %99 and reached to 5,9 billion dollars between 2009 and 2013

7th ranked in Turkey with highest amount of imports

6th ranked in Turkey with highest amount of exports

%20 of Turkey’s total trade with Iraq was done by Gaziantep alone in 2013

%36 of Gaziantep’s total export was done with Iraq in 2013

TOP 10 EXPORT TOP 10 EXPORT DESTINATIONSDESTINATIONSUS DOLLARS 2013 CHANGE-

%2012

1.Irak 2.330.118.000

-2 2.372.309.000

2.Suudi Arabistan

301.044.000

-0,03 302.100.000

3.Libya 281.414.000

+38 204.323.000

4.Suriye 278.267.000

+411 54.427.000

5.A.B.D 230.847.000

+9 211.840.000

6.İngiltere 149.597.000

+3 145.926.000

7.Almanya 143.792.000

-12 164.131.000

8.İtalya 136.515.000

+42 95.890.000

9.Rusya 119.337.000

-3 123.747.000

10.Mısır 108.269.000

-25 143.587.000

Exported product Total amount-USDCereals, Pulses and Oily Seed

Products 1.580.732.000

Machine-made carpet 1.497.003.000

Textile and raw materials 1.074.995.000Chemical products and

substances 716.082.000

Forestry Products 371.890.000

Steel 316.502.000

Vegetable and fruit products 137.070.000

Machinery and appliances 131.476.000

Ready-wear clothes 127.487.000

Leather and leather products 104.023.000

%68 ofTurkey’s totalmachine-madecarpet exportwas made byGaziantepalone in 2013

GAZİANTEP VS. TURKEYPERIOD AMOUNT CHANGE-%

2013(January-February) 985.507.000

2014(January-February) 1.085.809.000 +10

PERIOD AMOUNT CHANGE-%

2013(January-February) 22.558.319.000

2014(January-February) 24.087.157.000 +7

A total of 256 companies are operating

in Gaziantep with foreign origin.

 

First TOP 500

Second TOP 500

TOTAL

2008 10 21 31

2009 16 16 32

2010 16 20 36

2011 19 24 43

2012 23 27 50

Number of companies from Gaziantep in ISO(Istanbul Chamber of Commerce) TOP 1000 Companies List

Number of companies from Gaziantep in ISO ,TOP 1000 increased by %61 between 2008 and 2012

  2008 2009 2010 2011 20121)İstanbul 503 492 483 475 4642)Gaziantep

48 49 53 63 71

3)İzmir 65 67 66 66 614)Kocaeli 47 41 44 62 565)Ankara 48 52 47 45 506)Bursa 55 52 55 48 447)Denizli 28 22 27 23 248)Adana 15 15 17 17 229)Manisa 18 20 20 14 2010) Kayseri 11 11 12 12 14

Gaziantep’s position in TİM(Turkish Exporters’ Union) top 1000 Exporters List

Number of companies from Gaziantep in TİM 1000 increased by % 48 between 2008 and 2012

STRATEGIC ADVANTAGES STRATEGIC ADVANTAGES OF GAZİANTEPOF GAZİANTEP

• The unique geogprahic location, The Gateway between Middle East and European Union

• Opportunity to get into emerging markets together with companies from Gaziantep

• International airport with open-sky aggreement• Highway connections from Sanliurfa to İstanbul(1500 km) is completed• Geographical proximity to major ports of Turkey such as Mersin and

İskenderun• Dynamic, young population-%70 of the population under 35 years • Chance of getting into emerging markets in cooperation with local

companies• TEKNOPARK within the structure of the University• Gaziantep Free Zone for trade and production purposes• Customs Union with EU.• Consulate of Iraq

FAIRSFAIRSA modern fair centre has been built in 2007, 15.000m2 closed exhibition area, 90.000m2

open-air exhibition area, 14 fairs from various sectors to be organized in 2013

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING!

For your questions and inquires:

Please contact us:

Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce-Enterprise Europe Network-GAPSUN Consortium

Baran Ucaner Phone:+90-342-220 30 30/321 E-mail: baranucaner@gto.org.tr