exporters ' fears are wasted
Necla Dalan / Vatan

The pre-import inspection, testing and Certification Program, which the Iraqi government decided to implement last year to prevent the entry of low-quality products from the borders of the country, has returned to Turkey in favor of Iran due to the embargo imposed on Iran. In the application where an additional cost of $ 100 per Tir is expected, Iranian companies can not obtain a visa from SGS and Bureau Veritas, the advantage in the export market has been obtained by Turkish firms. Last year, 6 months 3 billion 691 million dollars in exports this year, the same period over 5 billion dollars to rise, the fears of exporters showed that the waste.

Turkey Exporters Assembly (Tim) President Mehmet Büyükekşi'nin” Iraq in 2013, Turkey's exports to the first country can become the most " fear of the certificate of exports to Iraq was lost. The pre-import inspection, testing and certification program, which has been applied in many countries in the Middle East since May 1 last year, has been in favor of Turkey because of the embargo imposed on Iran. 

In the application where an additional cost of $ 100 per Tir is expected, Iranian companies can not obtain a visa from SGS and Bureau Veritas, the advantage in the export market has been obtained by Turkish firms. Last year, 6 months 3 billion 691 million dollars in exports this year, the same period over 5 billion dollars came to show that the fears of exporters are futile. 

Exporters still have difficulties in this regard in the wing and the Ministry of economy is expected to conclude initiatives, but many companies have increased their jobs because of the lack of access to the Iranian goods to the market. One of these companies, SEM plastics ' General Manager Yavuz Eroğlu, Iran goods replaced the Turkish goods, he said. 

Influenced competition

Eroglu, “in our exports to northern Iraq, we were experiencing heavy loss of time with pre-export surveillance documents. We wanted to have interviews with the Ministry of northern Iraq, quality control and Standardization Administration, which is the authorized unit of the regional administration regarding certification to northern Iraq, as well as with our northern Iraq dealers. In our review, we have seen that our dealers are very pleased with the demand for this inspection certificate not only from Turkey but also from all countries and especially from Iran because of the fact that low quality cheap products are blocked from entering the market.”

Iraq's share in Iraq's total exports was 6.1 percent while Iraq became a very important export market in 2011, noting that Iraq, which was the fourth biggest export market in Turkey in 2010, had left Italy and France behind, said: “Iraq has become a very important export market. Exports to Iraq increased 37 percent in 2011 to $ 8.3 billion. Iraq remains second in its first six months of 2012. 

An important part of the export to Iraq is the export to the northern Iraqi region. Turkey's exports to Iraq in 2011 is 8.3 billion dollars, Iran's exports to Iraq in 2011 is around 7 billion dollars considering that Iraq's imports document, control and restrictions will affect this competition,” he said.

He had fear that he would fall 30 percent.

Iraq's government's “pre-import inspection, testing and certification program”, which will be implemented since May 1, has led to the fear of a decline of up to 30 percent in exports to Iraq. Murat Akyüz, Chairman of Istanbul chemical substances and Products Exporters ' Association (IKMIB), who made a statement at that time, stated that they could not give any meaning to this implementation adopted by the Iraqi government and assessed the application as a non-tariff obstacle. Akyüz pointed out that the application would bring high costs to Turkish exporters and that cement companies that sell construction products to Iraq with low profit margins but export high tonnage and volumes would be adversely affected by this situation.: 

“At least $ 100 per truck will be crushed under the additional cost of the exporter will be unable to compete with Chinese and Iranian companies. This is nothing but a barrier placed within the borders of the country, but which no one can openly say.”