PLASFED President Ömer Karadeniz:
“Plastics and Products Rank First in Chemical Sector Exports”
In October, Turkey achieved its highest October exports of all time, realizing 25.9 billion dollars in merchandise exports, an increase of 8.1 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. In the January-October period, total merchandise exports rose by 5.5 percent to 236.8 billion dollars.
Evaluating the export performance, Ömer Karadeniz, Chairman of the Board of the Plastics Industrialists Federation (PLASFED), stated that it is important for Turkey to continue its export growth during a period when uncertainties, geopolitical risks, and cost pressures persist in global trade.
Karadeniz said, “We welcome the level Turkey has reached in exports. In this period when competition is intensifying in global markets, we need to protect the production power and competitive capacity of our industrialists so that our export performance remains sustainable. Facilitating access to finance, bringing energy and raw material costs to competitive levels, and supporting value-added production are of great importance in this respect.”
Chemical sector ranks second, plastics and products rank first
The chemical sector became Turkey's second largest exporting sector with 3.024 billion dollars in exports realized in October. In the January-October period, the total exports of the chemical sector reached 28.859 billion dollars.
The plastics and products sector ranked first as the highest exporting sector within the chemical sector, with 974 million dollars in exports realized in October. Drawing attention to the contribution of the plastics industry to Turkey's exports, Karadeniz emphasized the importance of the sector's strong production infrastructure and wide areas of use.
Stating that the contribution of the plastics industry to achieving Turkey's export targets must continue to increase by supporting production, investments, and international competitiveness, Karadeniz expressed the importance of steps that will strengthen the position of industrialists in global markets.
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