TURKIYE

02 February 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic has driven rapid growth in e-commerce in Europe. Turkey, with its young, 84m-strong population and its location at the centre of a fast-growing region, offers many e-commerce opportunities. More

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Turkish delight for e-commerce

07 December 2021

Straddling Europe and Asia and awash with history, Turkey offers exporters in Hong Kong and Mainland China a large, young and willing-to-spend population, a recent Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) webinar heard. More

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Post-Covid Prospects: Turkey

27 October 2021

Following enviable GDP growth last year, as well as encouraging economic performance in the run-up to its centenary, Turkey – a transcontinental nation located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia with a sizeable young population – is preparing its businesses for closer partnership with their Hong Kong counterparts in the post-pandemic era. More

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The UK’s Latest Trade Agreements and Ongoing Trade Negotiations with Third Countries

03 December 2020

Since announcing its withdrawal from the EU, the UK has successfully negotiated numerous trade agreements and continues to actively engage in trade negotiations. As the UK will no longer benefit from trade agreements between the EU and third countries after 31 December 2020, it is working to reproduce the effects of such agreements in order to ensure the continuity of trading arrangements for UK businesses. More

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Turkey’s Accession to EU Seen As Very Unlikely; Other Countries’ Status Also Assessed

14 October 2020

On 6 October 2020, the European Commission adopted its 2020 Enlargement Package. This Enlargement Package assesses the implementation of fundamental reforms in those countries wishing to join the EU and sets out recommendations on the next steps for those countries. The Package also includes country-specific reports on the progress of those countries, which are Turkey and six Western Balkan countries. More

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Turkey’s Competitive Incentive Schemes

25 October 2018

Turkey’s ambitious incentive programmes provide local and foreign investors equal access to a wide range of support measures, including various fiscal incentives, land allocation and interest rate support. The project-based incentive scheme, which came into force in late 2016, further enables investors to tailor their own incentive package from a pool of support instruments in order to make their investment the most feasible and profitable. More

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Incentives for Turkey’s Belt and Road Partners

09 July 2018

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Reviving Trade Routes in Turkey

29 June 2018

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Toy Story

14 December 2017

Set up in 2010, Bioserie started out making phone covers using bioplastics, which are made from organic biomass sources. More

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Twenty Year Old EU-Turkey Customs Union May Get a Facelift

27 January 2017

On 21 December 2016, the European Commission announced that it has asked the European Council for a mandate to enter into negotiations with Turkey with a view to modernising the existing EU-Turkey Customs Union. Currently, trade between the EU and Turkey is governed by the Customs Union that entered into force in 1996, which allows the tariff-free trade in goods. The current agreement does not include agriculture (except for processed products), services, or public procurement. More

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