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“Foreign trade intelligence centers” opened the door to $5.5 million of exports

As a result of the work in foreign trade intelligence centers established in 5 regions within the scope of the project initiated by Ankara Development Agency, $5.5 million of exports were opened to 130 companies.

‘Foreign trade intelligence centers’ established in 5 regions within the scope of the project initiated by Ankara Development Agency, paved the way for exports worth $5.5 million.

Ankara Development Agency, which operates under the coordination of the Ministry of Industry and Technology, implemented the “Foreign Trade Intelligence Center Project” last year.

Within the scope of the project, foreign trade intelligence centers were established in Ivedik, OSTIM and Capital organized industrial zones (OIZ), Ankara Chamber of Commerce (ATO) and Ankara Chamber of Industry (ASO).

In these centers, commercial intelligence programs were organized and participants were given training on topics such as finding a target market, selecting a target country, customer intelligence, detecting customer communications, export legislation, and country-specific export rules.

In addition, the website https://www.ankaradisticaret.org/ was also opened and companies applied to foreign trade intelligence centers from there.

The goal is to contribute to Ankara’s exports

Ankara Development Agency Secretary General Emine Dogrukok said that the project makes a significant contribution to exports.

Dogrukok stated that within the scope of the project, which has been going on for about 2 years, they provide both theoretical and practical training to the participants in order to support the commercial activities of the companies. “More than $5.5 million were exported to 130 companies from our 5 established foreign trade intelligence centers. Exports were mostly made to the Middle East, Central Asia and Europe.”

Dogrukok stated that they aim to contribute to Ankara’s exports with foreign trade training and that nearly 250 commercial intelligence experts have been trained so far within the framework of the studies. Pointing out that these experts are supported with “continuation training”, Dogrukok also noted that they provided 6 months of commercial intelligence consultancy support to a total of 60 companies with the Foreign Trade Mentoring Program.

“Ankara is a city with high potential”

Drawing attention to the potential of the capital, Dogrukok said, “Ankara is a city with high potential where knowledge and technology are produced, with 21 universities, 13 organized industrial zones, 11 technology development zones, 142 R&D centers, 37 design centers. In addition to producing this information and technology, the integration of information and technology into existing products, services and models and the production of value-added products are also very critical in terms of development. The export of these products is also very important.”

“We are aware that digitalization is important”

Dogrukok also touched upon the importance of green and digital transformation and said:

“We also have financial support and mentoring programs that will contribute to the digital transformation of our companies. Within the scope of the TechAnkara Project Market, we support our companies that are already operating in the digital field with training. We also offer a platform service in the field of foreign trade. We are aware that digitalization is important. We evaluate all requests from our stakeholders and provide all the support that will meet the needs of the area and the region.”

Source: Trthaber / Prepared by Irem Yildiz

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