The new members of the Board of Directors of İMİB, who took office after the elections at İstanbul Mineral Exporters’ Association, in November, paid important visits in Ankara in the leadership of the new President Aydın Dinçer.
In Anraka, the members of İMİB Board of Directors came together with Yaşar Tüzün, the Vice President of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Fatih Metin, the Deputy Minister of Economy, Tarık Sönmez, the Deputy Undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy and Özgür Volkan Ağar, Export General Manager of the Ministry of Economy, Mümin Aydın, the Head of Department of Natural Stone and Marble of the General Directorate of Mineral Affairs in the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Ali Osman Koca, the Principal Consultant of the Prime Minister and Mehmet Şahin, the Consultant of the Prime Ministry. During these meetings, Dinçer paid attention to short and long term projects of İMİB and the problems of industry
Our Future is in Quarries
President Aydin Dinçer said: “Despite the fact that the value of Turkey’s mineral exports is registered as US $ 4 billion, the actual figures reach US $ 25 billion with the addition of value-added products (copper wires, chemical products, etc.). For this reason, we will work hard in order our public to realize the importance of quarries in Turkey.”
Projects for 2018
Dinçer said: “We will promote Turkish natural stone products under the “Turkish Stones” brand in all marketing channels. We will do our best to give Turkish stones the deserved value especially by reaching the buyer groups in A + category. For this purpose, we will introduce the “Turkish Stones” brand by attending the MIPIM 2018 fair in Cannes, France, where the world’s leading contractors, architects and project companies come together.”
Promise from the Authorities
Dinçer, who gave us information after the meetings in Ankara said: “In the meetings, we discussed about the importance of working in collaboration with promotion groups, Aegean Exporters’ Association and other sectoral associations and foundations in promoting the “Turkish Stones” brand in the world. We agreed on transforming our natural stone and mineral resources into products with high added value through Re & De activities and stated the necessity of marketing our products in the new target markets in order to increase our country’s export volume. In addition, we discussed the most important problems of the sector, such as the forest permits and licenses, at the meeting. We have obtained promise from the authorities about the acceleration and facilitation of this painful process.”
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