CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (ACCI)

Antalya Chamber of Commerce and Industry was formed under the name of “Commission of Agriculture and Commerce” on April 2, 1882 and among the oldest chambers of commerce and industry in .

Antalya Chamber of Commerce and Industry has 24.545 active members as of the date April 2011. ACCI has agencies in 6 districts of Antalya, namely , , Akseki, , Elmalı, Gazipaşa.

There are 53 different groups of professions in ACCI. In addition, the Profession Committees form the authoritative branch called “Chamber Assembly”. Each group of profession elects members depending upon the number of the group, for the Chamber Assembly consisting of 131 members. The Chamber Assembly elects its Executive Board, which is the executive branch and is composed of 11 members. With the same election method, the Executive Board nominates their President, Vice-Presidents and the Treasurer. The Assembly and the Executive Board members are elected for a period of four years. The legal representative of the Chamber is the President of the Executive Board.

As of April 2011, there are 2.544 foreign owned companies registered in ATSO.

THE ROLE OF ACCI IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND INSTITUTIONALISATION PROCESS OF THE ECONOMY OF ANTALYA

ACCI is carrying the mission of guidance and participation in the development of new economic establishments in Antalya. This principle is a totally accepted policy for the Chamber. ACCI has either guided the following companies, which are significant milestones in the export/import and industry sectors of Antalya, or has been a participant of these with the title of the partner;

Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey Antalya Free Trade Zone Administration Inc. – ASBAŞ Antalya Organized Industrial Zone – AOSB Antalya Integrated Meat Industry Inc. – ANET Antalya Güç Birliği Holding Company Inc. – AGH Antalya Fair Organization and Investment Inc.-ANFAŞ Antalya Sports Inc. Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Investment Partnership Inc. – KOBI Antalya Infrastructure Consultancy Inc. – ALDAŞ Antalya Technopolis Inc. – TEKNOKENT Antepe Construction and Trade Inc. – ANTEPE Antalya Energy Production and Trade Inc. Antalya Alcoholic Drinks Inc. Afyonkarahisar EU Turkish Business Centres (ABİGEM)

ACCI IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PLATFORMS

ACCI is giving service as; Executive Board Member of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) Representative of Economic Development Foundation (İKV) Member of the General Assembly of Turkish Accreditation Council (TÜRKAK) Member of the General Assembly of International Chamber of Commerce Turkey National Committee Member of Association of Mediterranean Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ASCAME) Executive Board Member of West Mediterranean Development Agency Member of Development Council The “West Mediterranean Economic Development Foundation” (BAGEV) The secretariat of EXPO 2016 Antalya Antalya EU Information Center (Foundation Date: 19 March 1998)

THE GENERAL ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE OF ANTALYA

Antalya was founded upon the order of King Attalos, King of Pergamum in mid 2nd century. Antalya, which is located on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey, is one of the leading in terms of social, cultural, and economic development and this trend is still rising. In terms of socio-economic development level, Antalya ranks among top 10 cities in Turkey.

GENERAL FEATURES Population : 1.978.333 (2010) Surface area : 20.591.010 decare GDP : 15 billion USD (2007)

ECONOMIC FEATURES

In 2010, total exports were USD 863.362.938 and the total imports were USD 815.441.743. Tourism and agriculture are the two largest sectors in terms of total revenue and employment.

FOREIGN TRADE

TOP 5 EXPORTERS FROM ANTALYA (2010)

Source: Turkstat

TOP 5 IMPORTERS TO ANTALYA (2010)

Source: Turkstat

FOREIGN TRADE OF ANTALYA IN 2010 BY ISIC.REV.3 CLASSIFICATION

EXPORT

SECTORS (USD)

Agriculture / farming of animals 435.598.635

Other Mining and Quarrying 74.513.042

Textiles 63.454.893

Products of Wood And Cork 62.244.306

Rubber and Plastic Products 38.622.841

Source: Turkstat

IMPORT SECTORS (USD)

Other Means of Transport 284.641.471

Chemicals and chemical products 143.324.193

Agriculture / farming of animals 76.466.882

Machinery and Equipment 55.641.685

Rubber and Plastic Products 53.827.519

Source: Turkstat

TOURISM

Antalya area is a natural heaven for tourism with a total of 640 km coastline and has about 450.000 touristic bed capacity with 800 touristic establishments. In tourism, the amount of total investments has surpassed 25 billion USD. In 2010 9.2 million tourists arrived to Antalya.

TOURISM STATISTICS OF ANTALYA

TOP 5 VISITORS BY COUNTRY (2010)

Source: Antalya Provincial Directorate of Ministry of Culture and Tourism

ANTALYA ORGANIZED INDUSTRIAL ZONE Antalya Organized Industrial Zone (OIZ) has been operating since 1976. The number of active firms is 145. These companies provide employment to 8.000 people. Area : 662 hectares Number of Active firms : 150 (2010) Total employment : 9.000 (2010) The main sectors operating : Food, textiles, chemicals, machine/metal, plastics, glass, marble, wooden materials

ANTALYA FREE ZONE There are 170 active companies employing 3.000 people. Antalya Free Zone was opened in 1987 and has been active since that date. Area : 625.490 square meters Number of Active Firms : 105 (30 April 2011) Total Employment : 2.795 (30 April 2011) Sectors : Textiles, chemicals, medical equipments, yacht construction, marble Antalya Free Zone is operated by ASBAŞ, Antalya Free Zone Operator Company. The zone can compete with fully-developed free zones with its completed substructure that are electricity, water, telecommunication and waste water treatment facilities, roads and green areas. Also, in 1998 a port entered into service for the loading-unloading services in the Free Zone, which constitutes an extra advantage for the Zone.

TRADE VOLUME OF ANTALYA FREE ZONE (1.000 USD)

FROM DOMESTIC FROM ZONE TO FROM THIRD FROM THE ZONE YEARS MARKET TO THE THE DOMESTIC COUNTRIES TO THE TO THE THIRD ZONE MARKET ZONE COUNTRIES

2002 36,547 74,954 82,530 51,961

2003 39,499 98,008 118,042 103,633

2004 52,288 140,351 160,471 104,387

2005 53,992 167,331 180,572 103,367

2006 54,548 177,276 192,440 126,455

2007 89,186 132,415 159,260 164,650

2008 139,818 128,955 185,437 275,024

2009 92,757 105,769 164,026 243,375

2010 99,783 99,410 201,053 316,475 Source: Directorate of Antalya Free Zone

ANTALYA EXPO CENTRE (AEC-ANFAŞ):

Antalya Expo Centre (AEC) is has been established in 1999 with the partnership of the government and the private sector. Headquarter has been built on total of 65.000 square meters. The exhibition centre itself built on 40.000 square meters and it has been equipped with all kinds of technical equipments and facilities.

Every year hotel equipments and food products fairs are organized by AEC and also several fairs are organized by other private companies like GROWTECH, YAPEX, AUTOSHOW, FRESHANTALYA etc.

ANTALYA TECHNOPOLIS

Antalya Technopolis was established in 2002 as a company with the cooperation and partnership of , local businesses and local NGO’s. The main goal of this technology complex is to foster the development of technology and innovation in Antalya region. As of October 2009, there are 40 companies active in Technopolis from fields such as IT, software development, biotechnology, electronics, agriculture and chemical technologies.

TRANSPORT FACILITIES

ANTALYA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT In three different terminals, two international and one domestic, the airport serves around 18 million passengers every year. It is the second busiest airport of Turkey after Ataturk Airport.

PORT OF ANTALYA There are two ports in Antalya. The Old Port was founded by Genoese and still in use as Yacht Port. Antalya Port was privatized in 1998 and is currently operated by Çelebi Investment Consultancy and Enterprises Corp., Global Infrastructure Services and Enterprises Corp. and Antmarin Construction and Tourism Corp.