Summaries in English
Mr. Halit Narin, the Chairman of our Association, evaluates the results of the seminar on the "Chinese Threat on Trade", which was held in Antalya
First, Ankara should put China on the table....
Stating that the solution for the problem of China can only be found by those in Ankara, Mr. Halit Narin, the Chairman of our Association, said "It is not us but Ankara that should put China on the table". Mr. Narin evaluated the results of the seminar on the "Chinese Threat on Trade", which was held in Antalya between April 23 and 28 by our Association, to Associate Prof. Dr. Sadi Uzunoglu on TV8.
 UZUNOGLU: Let's put China on the table. First of all, is there a Chinese threat? What is the dimension of the Chinese threat?
NARIN: If we can really put China on the table, then there will be no problem of China, because we will not take it off the table. However, the truth is that China poses serious economic problems for world economies, for the governments of all countries. If we do not acknowledge it that way, then it would be impossible to overcome it. Except for our Ankara, each and every country in the world has restricted imports from China by directing the customs managements under strict discipline in order to be able to fulfill their obligations to their citizens against the
potential economic power of China.
Exports and imports of the United States of America, Japan, Korea and the European Union to and from China account for nearly 70-80 percent of the Chinese economy. In other words, these countries have made it a principle to sell as much as they buy, and buy as much as they sell. Our Ankara does not do so. It is not us but Ankara that should put China on the table.
UZUNOGLU: But, the population of China is 1.2 billion. In other words, approximately 20 percent of the world population. Consequently, it is not easy to put them on the table!
NARiN: What has the world done? They said, "I will buy from you at world prices." That is to say, they said "If you do not use child labor, buy your electricity at prices from which I buy, your social conditions meet with my criteria, and if your raw material is like this, then yours is also the world price. And if you compete with me with those prices, then I will buy your goods." This is also the definition of the liberal economy. Turkey is a country that does not do so. There are those who import goods into Turkey from China illegally. There is an ATR certificate: the goods are first taken to Europe, the Europeans issue an ATR certificate at the customs for those goods and attach a simple document to that certificate. Thus those goods are given the right of free circulation in Europe.
Because such goods do not remain in Europe, they see no harm in doing so. What is more, they earn some money out of it. And we neither collect customs duty nor inspect such goods entering Turkey with the ATR certificate. This is a big mistake. We want that the original invoices of such goods to be attached. In other words, if Holland or Italy issues an ATR certificate, we want the invoice issued by the factory in Holland or Italy to be attached to the ATR. However, the lobbyists and those doing illegal businesses in Ankara say, "Why do you want it, it is contrary to international conventions." How can you disregard a thing that is to the benefit of the nation and how can you trample on the rights of the people?
IWTO 2004 - EVIAN
73rd Congress of the International Wool Textile Organization (IWTO) held in Evian, France between May 11 and 14. Total of 410 people from 30 countries participated in the Congress. Our country was represented by Ihsan Gudukkurt (Aksu), Tugrul Bornovali (Boryun), Halil Ozden (Atlas
Hali) and Osman Kilic (Ormo) from our Association.
This year's Congress witnessed an important development for our country and Mr. Osman Kilic from our delegation has been elected as the member of the IWTO executive committee for an office period of 2 years.
Turkey is not a country that is so poor...
According to the purchasing power parity, GNP per capita is
US$ 11.880
 It has become a matter of national security and foreign policy to make Turkey economically powerful both within and out of the country.
However, as long as the Gross National Product, which is the key indicator in economic and social evaluation of our country, continues to be under-calculated, it is impossible for Turkey to form a realistic atmosphere in her international economic position and to attain a serious improvement.
The Gross National Product calculated by the State Institute of Statistics based on the templates for the year 1987 disregarding the stages Turkey has been through was a mere US$ 239 billion in 2003, and because that figure is taken as an official figure by all international institutions, the economic power of our country is underestimated.
This study reveals that, when the correct and complete results are taken as basis as per the European Union and United Nations calculation systems, Turkey's Gross National Product per capita is around US$ 12.000 according to the purchasing power parity. Thus it proves that the powerful position of our country among the world
economies is undisputable.
Before the commencement of the negotiations with the EU, it has been established that, according to the purchasing power parities, Turkey's Gross National Product has amounted to US$ 850 billion and that the GNP per capita is US$ 11.880.
Halit Narin
Chairman of the Board of Directors Turkish Textile Employers' Association
Textile's position in ISO 500 has been shaken
Although 6 new textile companies have succeeded in entering the List of Turkey's Top 500 Industrial Corporations (ISO 500) announced by the Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO), 15 textile corporations that existed in the last year's list have dropped out of the list.
Although there were total of 111 corporations from the Textile, Apparel, Leather and Footwear industry sectors in last year's Top 500 Industrial Corporations (ISO 500), the number of the textile companies in this year's list dropped down to 96.
Negative inflation in July as well
The State Institute of Statistics announced that the monthly inflation decreased by 1.52 percent in Wholesale Price Index (WPI) and increased by 0.22 percent in Consumer Price Index (CPI) as of the month of July. On annual basis, the WPI increased by 9.44 and CPI again increased by 9.57 percent as of July. And the rate inflation for the first 7 months of the year has been 6.50 in WPI and 3.28 in CPI. While the wholesale prices increased by 1.8 percent in the public sector, they decreased by 2.8 percent in the private sector compared to previous month.
Export record on monthly basis in July
Turkey's exports increased by 33.9 percent in July compared to the same period in the last year. According to the records of the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM), exports in the amount of total of US$ 5 billion 674 million 362 thousand have been recorded last month. Thus, a record was broken in exports in July. The exports in July last
year had amounted US$ 4 billion 236 million 321 thousand. Total exports during the first seven months of this year have increased by 35.3 percent compared to the same period last year and reached US$ 35 billion 64 million 367 thousand. Exports in the first seven months of 2003 amounted US$ 25 billion 913 million 156 thousand.
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