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Celal Kadooğlu, Chair of the Southeastern Anatolia Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Exporters’ Association, was appointed as the Head of the Syria Desk to be established within the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM). In his statement on the subject, Kadooğlu said that they will start their activities by forming a board of directors that will cover all sectors exporting to Syria in a short time.
In the first 2 months of the year, Syria, whose exports reached 342 million dollars with an increase of 32.7 percent compared to the same period of the previous year and whose share in Türkiye’s total exports approached 1 percent, is forming a desk within the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM). Celal Kadooğlu, who was appointed as the founding chairperson of the new formation called the Syria Desk, announced that they have started the work and said, “All kinds of economic issues and problems related to Syria will take shape at the Syria Desk and inter-institutional relations will be carried out through this desk.”
Highlighting that work has started to create a board of directors that will cover all sectors affiliated to TIM, Kadooğlu added, “We will create a board of directors that will cover all our major sectors, especially automotive, ready-to-wear and textile, white goods, agriculture and food products, which are among Türkiye’s most important export items. In 2024, 660 million dollars of the 1.5 billion dollars in exports to Syria was realised within Southeastern Anatolia Exporters’ Associations (GAİB), of which 282 million dollars came from the export of cereals, pulses and oilseeds. With our experience in this market, we will lead the solution of the challenges in the market.”
