Glassware, one of Türkiye’s foreign trade surplus sectors, exports to more than 100 countries. However, the sector’s exports decreased by 7.4 percent in the first 7 months of the year, falling to 1.63 billion dollars. The biggest loss was in glass products with 14.5 percent and plastic products with 10.9 percent.
“EXPORTER GIVES UP ITS PROFIT”
Önder said that the economic conditions that have been going on for more than three years have reduced the resilience of the industrialists and that exporters are willing to work even at a loss from time to time in order not to lose their customers.
“The business world is tired,” said Önder, adding, “We support the program to fight inflation. However, we should not lose our muscles in industry for the sake of fighting inflation.”
5-ARTICLE REQUEST FROM INDUSTRIALISTS
In the solution prescription explained by Önder; These included providing cost-effective business loans to producers against invoices, supporting automation and digital transformation investments, reducing logistics and port costs, strengthening the e-export infrastructure and preventing rent on industrial lands.
Önder stated that especially SMEs’ access to finance should be facilitated and said, “The industry needs to be given a lifeline.”
Önder stated that it has become difficult to make predictions for the rest of the year due to global developments and high financing costs, and said that under the current conditions, even reaching last year’s export figures would be considered a success for the sector.
