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“Nobel MASTER SHOES Shoes and Bags Fashion Fair” opened its doors in Konya

“Nobel MASTER SHOES Shoes and Bags Fashion Fair” opened its doors in Konya.

The fair, organized by Nobel Expo Fair Organization Inc. in cooperation with Konya Shoemakers Chamber and Konya Shoe Manufacturers Association (KASD) at Konya TUYAP International Fair Center, hosts more than 110 companies and more than 200 brands.

The fair, which attracted the interest of participating companies from 52 countries within the scope of purchasing delegations, also offers the opportunity to hold bilateral business meetings. Shoes, bags and slippers product groups are exhibited at the fair.

“We will succeed in reaching $255 billion of exports”

Deputy Minister of Trade Ozgur Volkan Agar, at the opening of the fair, said that the Turkish economy proved its resilience and strong infrastructure despite the ongoing negative weather in the global economy and the earthquake disaster of the century.

Pointing out that Turkiye achieved 3.8% growth in the second quarter of the year, Agar said, “It has continued its growth trend for 12 quarters. Thank God, we see a similar picture on the export side. Especially despite the contraction in the European market, our exports continue to maintain their increasing trend. While our exports reached $22.7 billion in September, the total export figure for the January-September period of 2023 was $187.5 billion. Hopefully, together we will succeed in reaching our Medium Term Program target of $255 billion of exports at the end of the year.”

Ağar emphasized that they aim to continue their development move strongly by increasing employment, production and national income by ensuring sustainable export increase.

Export support worth ₺6 billion was given to 17 thousand companies

Stating that they aim to spread exports to the grassroots and spread the export culture throughout the country, Agar said:

“In this context, as the Ministry, we offer our export support in a wide range, from preparation for export to marketing, from design to becoming a global supplier, from promotion to domestic and international fair participation, from creating international distribution channels to creating a global brand. In 2023, we managed to provide support worth ₺6 billion to approximately 17 thousand companies within the scope of goods exports. On the other hand, we are aware that access to finance is vital for our companies. In this direction, and through the Export Development Joint Stock Company, we offer credit, insurance and guarantee solutions to our exporters, and we take many steps to facilitate access to finance.”

The Ministry’s fair support continues

Ağar pointed out the contribution of fairs to the country’s economy and said, “While we support the participation of our companies in domestic and international fairs, our Ministry also provides support to promotional activities so that our domestic fairs become important world-known fairs. In this respect, our Ministry provided support for 304 international fair organizations and individual participation in 1458 international fairs and 44 domestic fairs in 2023.”

“We organized a fair with trade guarantee”

NOBEL Group of Companies Chairman Erhan Celik said that they operate fairgrounds abroad with 8 companies in 6 countries.

Celik said, “We are in a period where we may experience visitor problems, but we will not. We organized a fair with trade guarantee by bringing participants from 52 countries of the world to Konya. Konya is a brand that has become a star in the world with its shoe production. We are ready to do everything we can to make shoe production in Konya the real center of Turkiye through fairs, marketing and promotion.”

Then, protocol members opened the fair by cutting the ribbon.

Konya Governor Vahdettin Ozkan, AK Party and MHP Konya provincial presidents, Konya Shoe Manufacturers Association Chairman Kemal Ozarpa, Konya Shoemakers Chamber Chairman Muhammet Acar, Turkish Shoe Manufacturers Association Chairman Berke Icten, Konya Chamber of Industry Chairman Mustafa Buyukegen, Konya Chamber of Commerce Chairman Selcuk Ozturk, Konya Metropolitan Municipality Deputy Mayor Mustafa Uzbas and many guests attended the program.

The fair can be visited between 09.00-18.00 on 26-29 October.

Source: AA / Prepared by Irem Yildiz

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