BTSO Delegation at the Greater New York Chamber of Commerce

BTSO Delegation have Evaluated the Co-operation Opportunities with the Members of the Greater New York Chamber of Commerce

The delegation of the Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BTSO) has been continuing its contacts in New York, U.S.A.  at the International Franchise Expo Fair. The delegation hosted by the Greater New Yok Chamber of Commerce had b2b meetings with almost 50 company representatives in different sectors and discussed about possible business opportunities.

Mr. İbrahim Burkay; President of the Board of Directors of BTSO,  Members of the Board of Directors of BTSO, Mr. Ali Koçak; President of the Board of Directors of TACCI, Mr. Yusuf Ulçay; Rector of the Uludağ University, Mr. Arif Karademir; Rector of the Bursa Technical University and Mr. Ahmet Akdağ; Manager of KOSGEB Bursa, and representatives of the BTSO-member companies attended the meeting.

“WE CAN NOT IGNORE THE LARGEST MARKET OF THE WORLD”

Mr. İbrahim Burkay; President of the Board of Directors of BTSO said that, “It is not possible to achieve our 500 billion Dollars export goal by ignoring the largest market of the World.  The United States is the largest economy in the world with its national income of 16 trillion Dollars, export of 1.5 trillion Dollars and import of more than 2 trillion Dollars. Turkey holds the 41st rank in the US market with 0.3 percent. The export of Turkey to the USA was only 6.3 billion dollars in 2014. The USA is one of the target markets of Turkey and the state of New York lies in the third rank of the exports of Turkey following Texas and New Jersey.”

“NEW COMMERCIAL BRIDGES WILL BE BUILT”

Mr. İbrahim Burkay indicated that Bursa will play a leading role for the development of the trade between Turkey and U.S.A., and also said that “In this context, I believe that we will build important co-operations and commercial bridges today at this meeting with the Greater New York Chamber of Commerce. I believe that today in New York, which can compete not only with the largest economies of U.S.A. but also the world with the national income of 1.2 trillion Dollars, the representatives of the Bursa business community will build new commercial bridges from Bursa to New York through the bilateral meetings they will have.”

 “MAKING MORE BUSINESS WITH TURKEY IS AMONG OUR DUTIES”

Mr. Mark S. Jaffe; President of the Greater New York Chamber of Commerce (founded in 1768) said that they have been serving to more than 30 thousand members and their mission is to increase the life quality of people living in New York and to help the small-sized companies grow.

After the meeting, BTSO members met with 50 company representatives from different sectors who are the members of the Greater New York Chamber of Commerce.