TURKISH PRIME MINISTRY UNDERSECRETARIAT OF FOREIGN TRADE GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND ASSESSMENT “Simplifying access to regional and international markets using ICTs” Mehmet Recep USALAN FOREIGN.
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TURKISH PRIME MINISTRY UNDERSECRETARIAT OF FOREIGN TRADE GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND ASSESSMENT
“Simplifying access to regional and international markets using ICTs”
Mehmet Recep USALAN FOREIGN TRADE EXPERT UN E-MED PROJECT COUNTRY MANAGER
TURKEY AT A GLANCE
TURKEY RANKS 17 th ECONOMY IN THE WORLD
Geographical Area Population GNP (2003) Trade Volume (2003) : 780,576 km 2 : 70 Million : 238 Billion US $ : 116 Billion US $
Turkey-European Union Customs Union
TURKISH ECONOMY
MACROECONOMICAL STABILITY SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
TRANSITION PROGRAM FOR STRENGTHENING TURKISH ECONOMY
Lower inflation to single digit Maintain price stability Ensure economic growth
250 GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT (GNP) billion $ 238 200 201 192 205 190 184 180 150 170 158 150 148 100 50 68 0 1985 1990 1992 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Inflation is in a decreasing trend, which is expected to hit single digit in 2005
CPI INCREASE RATE % 68,5 70 60 50 40 29,7 30 20 10 18,4 0 2001
*Programme
2002 2003
Source: State Planning Organization
12,0 2004*
TURKISH ECONOMY
MAIN ECONOMIC INDICATORS 2002 2003 2004* GNP (bn US$) 182 238 262 GNP per capita (US$) GNP Growth (%) 2584 3415 3759 7,8 4,9 5,0 Wholesale Price Inflation (%) Exports (FOB billion US $) Imports (CIF billion US $) *Projection 30,8 35,1 50,8 13,9 48,0 68,7 12,0 56,0 75,0
2003 A RECORD IN EXPORTS IN HISTORICAL PROGRESS 30 % INCREASE 47 BILLION $ STEADY INCREASE IN IMPORTS 33 % INCREASE 69 BILLION $
70000 FOREIGN TRADE of TURKEY 1980-2003 (Million $) 69000 53900 48000 60000 50000 40000 35700 27300 21600 30000 20000 10000 2900 7900 0 1980 1995 2000 2003 Export Import
TURKEY IS EXPORTING OVER 17.000 PRODUCTS TO MORE THAN 200 COUNTRIES WITH 30.000 EXPORTER FIRMS
TURKISH EXPORTS 2003
OTHERS 12% EU & EFTA AFRICA 4% USA CIS 6% Central & Eastern European States % 6 MIDDLE EAST 11% EU & EFTA %53 MIDDLE EAST Central & Eastern European States CIS AFRICA USA 8% OTHERS
ADOPTION OF PREFERENTIAL REGIMES Agreements Signed EFTA Hungary Israel Romania Lithuania Estonia Czech Rep.
Slovakia Latvia Slovenia Bulgaria Poland Macedonia Croatia Bosnia Morocco Preliminary Assessment Serbia Montenegro Chile Mercosur Negotiation Process Palestine A. (initialed) Egypt (4. rounds) Syria (1. Round) Tunisia (2. rounds) Faeroe Islands (1. Round) Lebanon (2. rounds) Preparation Process Malta Jordan Mexico S. Africa Algeria Albania 3
NEIGHBOUR COUNTRIES PERIPHERY COUNTRIES
Investment Opportunities: Market
600 MILLION 240 MILLION 160 MILLION 70 MILLION
e-Transformation Turkey Project e-Commerce and SMEs “e-Transformation Turkey” working groups have been established to carry out “e-Europe+ Action Plan” studies
www.bilgitoplumu.gov.tr
Highlights of e-Transformation Turkey Project
• Aims to transform Turkey into an Information Society • Takes place in 58 th and 59 th Governments Urgent Action Plan • Started in February 2003 • Coordinated by Information Society Department of SPO • Initial focal point: Short Term Action Plan(2003-04)
Short Term Action Plan (STAP) (I)
STAP
consists of
73 actions and;
8 Action Lines
:
- Information Society Strategy (2) - Technical Infrastructure and Information Security (5) - Education and Human Resources (8) - Legal Infrastructure (13) - Standards (1) - e-Government (23) - e-Health (15)
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e-Commerce (6)
Short Term Action Plan (II)
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technical infrastructure - Major actions Investigating measures for improving Internet infrastructure and usage –including broadband access throughout the country Evaluating the use of Smart Card, Public Key Infrastructure and Security Testing standards Pilot applications regarding the Network Security
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legal infrastructure Major actions Enactment of necessary regulations regarding electronic signature, personal data protection, telecommunication services, etc.
Amending existing laws regarding intellectual property rights, ICT criminals, responsibilities of Internet service providers, etc.
Short Term Action Plan (III)
• • •
e-commerce - Major actions-I
Formation of a Corporate Company Registration System Explaining and increasing the awareness of SMEs about e-commerce and e-business Providing e-commerce readiness evaluation
services to companies
Short Term Action Plan (IV)
• • •
e-commerce - Major actions-II
Formation of e-business joint knowledge pool Online information sharing and documentation in foreign trade Provision of international exchange of e-Documents in Foreign Trade
e-Transformation of Turkey
e-Commerce Working Group and Implementation Groups
What is our aim ?
• Reduce bureaucracy • Facilitate trade procedures • Provide efficiency in commerce • Construct regulatory framework • Promote ICT using for a knowledge
society
• Secure e-commerce environment • Implement e-commerce projects
Ongoing projects in trade facilitation (I) 1. Electronic Customs (Undersecretariat for Customs) 2. E-documents in Foreign Trade (Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade and Undersecretariat for Customs) 3. E-Business Knowledge Pool (Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade)
Ongoing projects in trade facilitation (II) 4. XML Working Group on Finance (Banks Association of Turkey) 5. SECI Projects undertaken by TURKPRO 6. ULASNET and Vehicle Tracking System&Transport Network (UND- International Transporters Association)
Customs Modernization Project
68 Customs offices and 16 Customs Regional Directorates have been automated.
Customs Modernization Project
Turkish Customs with EDI
Declarations can be delivered quickly to Customs
Declarations can be transferred from Partner’s Offices
Reliable statistics can be produced
Procedures can be simplified
Customs control can be facilitated
http://www.gumruk.gov.tr/Turkish_Customs_English/toctum.htm
Result of e-Customs Project
Scope 99.5 % of foreign trade transactions are being carried out on-line and on a real-time basis.
Result of e-Customs Project
e-customs 59 % of overall Import / Export transactions are being carried out by EDI
www.customs-edi.gov.tr
Result of e-Customs Project
E-verification Verification of export procedures for VAT refund are carried out electronically via a network established between Undersecretariat of Customs and Directorate General of Revenues.
Release time for Import/Export Goods for import/export are released within 24-48 hours.
Physical Inspection e-payment Physical inspection rate will be reduced to no more than 15 % of imports, 2 % of exports.
A protocol has been signed between the Undersecretariat of Customs and 19 Banks to enable customs declarations to pay customs duties electronically.
www.gumruk.gov.tr
e-Document in Foreign Trade Project
e-Document in Foreign Trade
Trader Single Window Environment Transporter
Undersecretariats of Customs & Forign Trade Ministry of Health Ministry of Agriculture
e-Document in Foreign Trade
e-Document in Foreign Trade
GEMLIK- Pilot Project
Bursa-Gemlik Free Trade Zone is selected for a pilot application
The number of total foreign trade documents decreased from 201 to 28 for the pilot.
Workflow schemas have been prepared.
Transformation of documents to the XML format have been started.
e-Business Knowledge Pool Project
TARGETS
•to prepare Turkish Business World
including SMEs to start e commerce,
•to increase export share,
and to develop e-business in Turkey
E-COMMERCE WEB SITE
www.e-ticaret.gov.tr
TURKISH EXPORTERS DIRECTORY
Market Access Project
www.dtm.gov.tr
Market Access Project
http://mkaccdb.eu.int
www.tpankara.org.tr
www.kobinet.org.tr/kosgebabm
eMARKETPLACE for SMEs & KOBINET EURO INFO CENTRE (EIC) SERVICES KOSGEB; signing a Convention with DG Enterprise of the EC in1993 established EICC, as the national contact point in Turkiye which became an EIC by now.
Euro Info Centre Program; being as the unique informatisation programme of SMEs in the EC is nowadays extended to 35 countries
www.kobinet.org.tr
eMARKETPLACE for SMEs & KOBINET KOBINET SERVICES KOBINET which has presently more than 19.000 members , provides to each company;
a Web page , covering the basic profile information in 7 languages (TR, EN, FR, DE, IT, ES,RU) and
a lifelong e-mail address as “ free of charge ”.
eMARKETPLACE for SMEs & KOBINET KOBINET has been designed as the national subnetwork of Euro Info Centre Network provides all the services of Euro Info Centre Program, including the eCommerce/eBusiness Services functions as the application tool of the GoDigital Initiative of the EC.
eMARKETPLACE for SMEs & KOBINET KOSGEB sets up INTERNET CAFES within Industrial Zones, in order to;
spread out the use of Internet,
increase the KOBINET membership,
create awareness on the benefits of the usage of information technologies in companies Presently there are 56 Internet Cafes in various provinces of Turkey.
www.tobb.org.tr
TOBBIOS- BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
www.und.org.tr
E-Transport Network Project (ULASNET)
• Cooperation of Undersecretariat of Customs, Ministry of Transport, and International Transport Forwarders Association • Automated border entry and exit points of Turkey with interconnected computers • Physical monitoring of all domestic and foreign trucks, freight and documents entering, exiting or transiting Turkey.
Vehicle Tracking System
GSM based global tracking system that permits users to track their vehicles and the driver.
• to locate its truck all over the world online with 10 m deviation, • to check its speed, fuel level, temperature in the reefer vehicles, • to monitor changes in the weight of the truck, • to be alarmed when doors are opened in parking position, • to stop the running engine in case of a theft and • to inform the nearest police station or hospital in case of an emergency, etc.
UNECE National Seminar in Turkey Electronic Business for SMEs Ankara, 18-19 December 2003
Turkey Participates in UNeDocs Project
MEMBERSHIP TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CUSTOMS UNION WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION AND CANDIDATE FOR FULL MEMBERSHIP MEMBER OF THE WTO, ITU, UNCTAD MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC CONFERENCE (OIC) TURKEY PARTNER OF THE EURO-MED FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE ECONOMIC COOPERATION ORGANIZATION (ECO) FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION OF BLACK SEA ECONOMIC COOPERATION FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH THE EFTA & THE CEE COUNTRIES
TURKISH PRIME MINISTRY UNDERSECRETARIAT OF FOREIGN TRADE GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND ASSESSMENT Mehmet Recep USALAN FOREIGN TRADE EXPERT UN E-MED PROJECT COUNTRY MANAGER www.foreigntrade.gov.tr
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www.foreigntrade.gov.tr
http://www.tbb.org.tr
Prepare interactive financial exchange schema Prepare XML schemas of banking transactions between banks and customers Disseminate of information about new banking transactions
http://www.tbb.org.tr
EFT2 system has provided an opportunity for operating “Direct Debit Application” efficiently.
“Direct Debit System” is the most easiest way for doing e-commerce now in Turkey, if it is implemented.
MARKET OPPORTUNUTIES IN TURKEY
TARGET SECTORS Automotive Communication IT & Electronics
Building Healthcare Environment
What is our role ?
Government acting as ;
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coordinator between the public and private sectors, universities, non-governmental organizations
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leader for establishing a knowledge society
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main user for ICT products