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Today, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan hosted an introductory meeting with Turkish enterprises in the field of textiles, energy, and mechanical engineering.

Representatives of the companies presented their products and spoke about the activities of enterprises.

The invited Turkish manufacturers include such companies as:

• Başyazıcıoğlu et ve et ürünleri is engaged in meat processing and the production of textile yarns;
• Emre Ray Enerji ve İnşaat works in energy, construction, transport, communications sectors in the field of railway systems;
• Öztürkler Un Sanayi produces flour from the highest grades of wheat, the capacity of flour production is 500 tonnes/day;
• Merkon Makina is an automatic precast concrete plant, has fully and semi-automatic machines for concrete coating, machines for the production of concrete pipes of all diameters and shapes, as well as mixers and conveyor belts.

Today, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan hosted a meeting with the Turkish delegation of the BRB Holding.

Representatives of the BRB Holding arrived in Tatarstan with a two-day visit to present the capabilities of the holding and discuss potential cooperation.

BRB International BV is a company providing technology solutions with silicones, lube oil additives, and chemicals.

The parent company of the holding, Reform Spor Sistemleri Ltd. Sti., was founded in 1994 as a manufacturer of special flooring made of synthetic fibres and polyurethane granules for sports facilities.

To date, the BRB Holding incorporates 10 companies represented in such sectors as sports, construction, furniture industries, the production of elements for children's playgrounds, artificial floor coverings, as well as agriculture.

At the current meeting, the parties discussed the prospects of cooperation between the holding and the republic, as well as ways of funding the creation of sports facilities in Tatarstan.

Minister Karimov took part in the 16th meeting of the Mixed Intergovernmental Russian-Turkish Commission for Trade and Economic Cooperation, co-chaired by Minister of Trade of the Republic of Turkey Ms. Ruhsar Pekcan and Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Aleksandr Novak.

During the Commission’s meeting, the parties discussed issues of trade and economic cooperation between Russia and Turkey and summed up the results of recent joint work.

On the sidelines of the Commission’s work, a Russian-Turkish business forum was organised, timed to the 20th session of the business councils of Russia and Turkey.

Within the framework of this event, meetings were also arranged with representatives of Turkish businesses, including that with top executives of TTAF. The company is engaged in the production of electrical connectors. The last meeting with them was held during the visit of the Turkish delegation to Tatarstan.

Today, the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade hosted a meeting with representatives of the Turkey-headquartered TTAF. The company is one of the largest manufacturers of various elements of fibre optic technology, as well as proprietary products and unique technology solutions.

The TTAF delegation arrived in Tatarstan on July 1. The delegation also included representatives of the Eurasian Development Bank and the Assembly of the Peoples of Eurasia. The purpose of their visit was to obtain information on markets, including that on the labour market, the investment climate, and government support measures.

The delegation visited major enterprises of Tatarstan, sectoral ministries and agencies of the republic, as well as the Innopolis Special Economic Zone.

On July 3, the delegation arrived at the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade, where they were met by Minister Karimov. At the meeting, they presented the projects that the company would like to implement in Tatarstan. In particular, these are encryption devices, smart city lighting systems, smart parcel lockers, a system for issuing hospital prescriptions, a patient palmprint identification system, a smart board for educational institutions, and a data centre upgrade project.

In the next two months, TTAF expects to choose the exact location of its facility at the Innopolis SEZ, as well as to develop the logistics of the future enterprise.

Today, an economic business forum was held at the Tatarstan Chamber of Commerce and Industry with the participation of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association of Turkey (DKİB).

At the forum, a plenary session was held, where representatives of the Turkish side made a presentation of the Eastern Black Sea region of Turkey.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan German Lerner made a welcoming speech on behalf of the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade. He noted the importance of Tatarstan-Turkish cooperation and expressed readiness for the further development of mutually beneficial trade and economic relations.

The forum also hosted business meetings and bilateral negotiations with representatives of Turkish companies engaged in various activities, such as manufacturers of automotive equipment, furniture products, construction contractors, manufacturers of copper, zinc, and lead products, and others.

The Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association (DKİB) was established in 1998 in Trabzon to support enterprises in the region in promoting their products to foreign markets. More than 2,000 companies are members of the Association. The main sectors of the companies’ activities are the production of building materials, agriculture, food industry, mining and processing of minerals.

Today, the delegation from the Republic of Turkey arrived in the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan with a working visit. Members of the delegation include an independent investor Aydın Rıfat Kocabaş, as well as representatives of the SA-RA Group, an industrial group that manufactures power transmission line supports, steel structures for transformer centres, car railings, polygonal supports, and much more.

The working meeting with the Turkish delegation was chaired by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan German Lerner. Greeting the guests with a welcoming speech, he noted the interest in expanding mutually beneficial relations between Tatarstan and Turkey, as well as the prospects for increasing mutual trade turnover.

At the meeting, the trade and industrial potential of Tatarstan was presented, after which the parties were able to discuss promising areas for further development of cooperation.

The 2018 foreign trade turnover of Tatarstan with Turkey amounted to about US$ 314 million, which is 4% more than in 2017.