Ibrahim Khalil
‘Contactless’ crossborder trade a success, says gov’t
The "contactless trade" method launched amid the coronavirus pandemic is continuing successfully, Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan has said, adding that the number of commercial vehicles passing through customs has increased since March, when the method was launched.
Turkey maintains ‘contactless’ external trade, minister says
The Turkish Trade Ministry has developed various ways to maintain the flow of goods through its border gates and ports despite travel bans introduced at the beginning of March, when the coronavirus pandemic started spreading around the world, according to the trade minister.
Turkey to maintain trade with Iraq, Iran through buffer zones
The International Transporters Association (UND), an umbrella organization of the trailer truck drivers, has developed a formula with the Turkish Health Ministry to carry on the cross-border trade with Iraq and Iran despite a travel ban to those two countries due to the coronavirus.
Turkey, Iraq agree to boost oil exports via Ceyhan port
Turkey and Iraq inked an agreement to increase Iraq's daily oil exports via Turkey's Ceyhan port, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Y?ld?z said Jan. 18.
"We have agreed with Baghdad to reach 550,000 barrels per day, or bpd," he said during a press conference in Baghdad, as reported by Reuters.