OREANDA-NEWS. July 24, 2013. The deputy head of the Moldovan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), Vladimir Didilica, today met his Turkish counterpart, Sahin Balc?oglu. The sides discussed the possibility to boost their cooperation relations.

According to the CCI’s press service, Didilica familiarized Sahin Balc?oglu with the Moldovan chamber system, as well as with the economic situation and the national economy’s prior sectors. In the context, he approached the investment opportunities offered by the free economic zones, industrial parks, as well as by the access to the CIS and the EU markets.

“The Moldovan CCI has good relations with the CCI from Istanbul, as well as with Turkey’s Foreign Economic Relations Board, thus organising different events aimed at facilitating the partnerships between the Moldovan and Turkish entrepreneurs. We could be able to extend this cooperation with the Kahramanmaras CCI as well. That’s why, I hope that the today’s meeting will be the beginning of cooperation between our organisations,” Didilica noted.

For his part, Balcoglu praised the Moldovan CCI’s openness for cooperation. He stressed that he had come to Moldova on a fact-collecting visit in order to identify ways of boosting the Moldovan-Turkish economic relations. The quoted source presented the economic situation in Kahramanmaras region, which is a leader in Turkey in terms of textile, raw material and accessories for light industry.

The sides also discussed the opportunities of drawing investments and the implementation of new technologies in the agro-food, tourism and livestock sectors.

According to data put out by the National Statistics Bureau, Moldova’s foreign trade with Turkey reached 232 million dollars in January-May 2013, being up by 31.5 per cent against the same period of 2012. The export of goods amounted to 74.2 million dollars, registering a three-fold increase against the first five months of 2012. At the same time, the import of goods from Turkey stood at 157.8 million dollars, being up by 2.33 per cent against January-May 2012.