Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

TOBB Vocational Education Board visited Ali Karagöz, Director General of Vocational and Technical Education of the Ministry of National Education. TOBB Vocational Education Board Chairman Şeref Kazcıoğlu, Vice Chairman Kasım Kabak, members Erol Hatırlı and İlhan Ambarkütükoğlu, TOBB Presidential Advisor Hasan Çağlayan Dündar, Real Sector R&D and Implementation Department Head Mustafa Kemal Günay attended the visit.​

The Presidential Council Meeting of the European Union of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Eurochambres), of which M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB), is Vice President, was held in Brussels.​

The “Capacity Report Expert Training,” which must be taken by those who will be assigned to issue the Capacity Report from the experts on the Chamber Expert lists, was held online.​

The Training Program on Establishing a Supportive Policy Framework for Promoting Youth and Women Entrepreneurship was held online between 9-10 January 2024 with the support of TOBB.​

The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) Chamber/Exchange Council Members Information Seminar, covering the days of January 06-07, 2024, started at TOBB Twin Towers.​

In December 2023, 1,375 Domestic Goods Certificates were approved by TOBB within the framework of the provisions of the Domestic Goods Communiqué (SGM 2014/35) prepared by the Ministry of Industry and Technology pursuant to Article 63 of the Public Procurement Law No. 4734 and published in the Official Gazette No. 29118 dated September 13, 2014. In December 2023, there was a 21.4% decrease (375 units) compared to December of the previous year.​

TOBB Board Member Ali Çandır met with Shamil Ageev, President of the Tatarstan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, who visited Türkiye, and exchanged views on Türkiye-Tatarstan relations and potential cooperation. ​

Tamer Kıran, Vice President of the Board of Directors of TOBB, attended the Türkiye-United Kingdom Round Table Meeting and JETCO 7th Term Meeting held in İstanbul, co-chaired by Prof. Dr. Ömer Bolat, Minister of Trade, and Kemi Badenoch, Minister of State for International Trade of the United Kingdom. ​

The number of capacity reports approved by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) in December 2023 increased by 4.8% (236 units) compared to November 2023 (4,873 units) and reached 5,109 units, while the increase was 1.4% (70 units) compared to December 2022.​

Group 3213 Knitted Fabric, Various Knitted Goods, Embroidery and Embroidery Processing Criteria Revision Workgroup Meeting was held with the chambers that sent opinions to the revision study online.​