Third Quarter 2024 Calendar of Trade Facilitation Regional Awareness Meetings

Dear Member,
With reference to the letter sent to our Chamber by the General Directorate of International Agreements and European Union of the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Türkiye, the Trade Facilitation Coordination Committee, established within the scope of the obligations of the World Trade Organization Trade Facilitation Agreement by Presidential Circular No. 2019/6 published in the Official Gazette dated 13 April 2019 and numbered 30744, continues its activities within the framework of the Second 5-Year Trade Facilitation Action Plan (2024-2028), a copy of which is attached. As you are aware, among the work of the Committee, annual regional consultation meetings are organised under the chairmanship of the Regional Directorates of Customs and Foreign Trade, with the participation of representatives of non-governmental organisations and other relevant public administrations, in order to raise awareness of trade facilitation.

The 2023 report of the meetings regularly organised as part of the activities of the Transparency Working Group, co-chaired by our Ministry and the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD), is attached, and it is envisaged that the regional consultation meetings will continue in 2024 as well. In this framework, the calendar of the meetings to be organised in the third quarter of the year is sent attached to the letter.
I kindly request that you take note of this and take the necessary action to ensure, by announcing it to the public and private sector representatives within your area of duty and responsibility, the necessary contribution to and participation in the said meetings organised by our Regional Directorates.

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Kind regards,
Elazığ Chamber of Commerce and Industry