August 24, 2023
Eastern Black Sea Region, Trabzon, Rize, Artvin and Gümüşhane provinces, which are under the jurisdiction of the General Secretariat of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association, exports amounting to 510 million 44 thousand 95 dollars were realized in the January-April period of 2023 and there was a 10 percent increase in exports compared to the previous year.
Compared to the 4-month period of the previous year, exports from Trabzon increased by 25 percent and exports from Artvin increased by 5 percent, while exports from Rize decreased by 32 percent and exports from Gümüşhane decreased by 44 percent due to the decrease in exports of mining products.
In the first 4 months of 2023, the sectors with the highest exports from Trabzon, Rize, Artvin and Gümüşhane provinces of our Eastern Black Sea Region;
Hazelnut with 236 million 556 thousand 779 dollars,
87 Million 527 thousand 932 dollars with Fresh Fruits and Vegetables,
54 Million 223 thousand 16 dollars with Aquaculture and Livestock Products
In the January-April period of 2023, exports were made to 123 different countries from our Eastern Black Sea Region. The first 5 countries with the highest exports were Russian Federation, Italy, Germany, Georgia and Poland, respectively. Among these countries, exports to the Russian Federation increased by 89 percent, exports to Poland by 47 percent and exports to Italy by 38 percent.
Saffet Kalyoncu, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB), stated that due to the low exchange rate policy being implemented in addition to the high rate of increase in production and logistics costs, the competitive opportunities of the exporters have come to the point of extinction and that the inflationary pressures in foreign markets have caused the exporters to face a very difficult situation with the addition of the contractionary effect of inflationary pressures on consumer demands, and that the exporters should be urgently supported in terms of access to appropriate financing opportunities in order not to waste our gains from the past and to protect our traditional export markets. Mr. Kalyoncu stated that there should be an exchange rate at least at the rate of inflation increase for exporters whose competitiveness is lost under cost pressure due to the fact that cost increases have exceeded exchange rates, and that export declines have started to be experienced in many sectors due to cost and exchange rate pressure.
Stating that it is of great urgency to compensate the losses of the exporter with alternative support instruments in order to compensate for the losses caused by the exchange rate, because the exporter has no more endurance power, DKİB Chairman Kalyoncu demanded that the exporter be given morale with a brand new export support model after the completion of the election atmosphere in order to reach the targeted export figures and to carry our exports to a sustainable dimension.
Source: Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB)
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