Agenda..

THE HIGHEST SHARE IN THE INVESTMENT PROGRAM HAS 27 PERCENT TO THE TRANSPORT SECTOR

The Presidency of the Republic of Turkey Strategy and Budget Department announced that the Presidential Decision on the Adoption and Implementation of the 2022 Investment Program was published in the Official Gazette dated 15.01.2022 and numbered 31720. It was stated that the highest share of the investment allowance of 184.3 billion TL within the scope of the 2022 Investment Program was taken by the transportation-communication sector with 27% and the education sector with 13.3%.It was stated that among the organizations within the scope of the Central Government Budget, the institutions that received the most investment appropriation were: General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works with 18.3 Billion TL, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure with 17.7 Billion TL, General Directorate of Highways with 15.5 Billion TL and Ministry of Health with 15 Billion TL.

MINISTER MUŞ SIGNED UP AT HABUR BORDER GATE

Minister of Commerce Mehmet Muş, accompanied by Deputy Ministers Sezai Uçarmak and Rıza Tuna Turagay, Şırnak Governor Ali Hamza Pehlivan, Silopi District Governor Can Kazım Kuruca made investigations at the Habur Border Gate.

Visiting the Habur Border Gate, the Minister Muş received information from the authorities about the operation in the customs area. Participating in the meeting, which was closed to the press, Muş made investigations in the truck park area. Visiting the Silk Road Customs Directorate, Minister Muş received information about the operation of the customs area from Alp Giray, İpekyolu Customs and Foreign Trade Regional Director.

KARAİSMAİLOĞLU: “İSTANBUL-TEHRAN-ISLAMABAD FREIGHT TRAIN WILL IMPROVE TRADE BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES”

Karaismailoğlu shared the following: “Turkey, which is connected to Asia, which is the new axis of world trade, with the BTK Railway Line and the Middle Corridor, is also establishing a railway bridge to Afghanistan and Pakistan with this corridor. Thus, with the Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul (ITI) Freight Train, our exporter has the highest population density in the world in the south of Asia. A new rail corridor will be provided, reaching Pakistan, neighboring India, China, Afghanistan and Iran. In this way, our country will be one step closer to its goals of being a bridge and logistics base between Asia and Europe.”

RESTRICTIONS APPLIED ON TRANSPORT IN KAZAKHSTAN ENDED

International Transporters Association (UND) stated that after the end of the state of emergency in Kazakhstan as of January 19, the restrictions applied in the field of trade and transportation were ended and the economy returned to normal.

MERSIN FREE ZONE AIMS TO INCREASING ITS TRADE VOLUME TO 3.5 BILLION DOLLARS

It has been announced that the trade volume of Mersin Free Zone, which is stated to allow manufacturers in the Eastern Mediterranean to trade with 106 countries, is planned to increase to 3.5 billion dollars this year, which reached 3.3 billion dollars in 2021. It was stated that 682 different products, mainly machinery and metal, chemistry, ready-made clothing, food, medical and packaging materials, are traded between companies in the region and 106 countries.

BILATERAL AND TRANSIT DOCUMENT QUALITY INCREASED AT TURKEY LITHUANIA KUKK MEETING

The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Transport Services Regulation General Directorate stated that they held the Turkey-Lithuania KUKK Meeting on 25 January 2022 via teleconference. He announced that with the Protocol signed at the end of the meeting, the quota for bilateral/transit pass documents was increased by 40 percent from 2,000 to 2,800.