Message from the President
SME's SHOULD SWITCH TO USING THE ALTERNATIVE MARKET SYSTEM:BARTER
2012 was a period with significant and positive developments for SME's. Cautious approach to credit system was observed. 2012 presented both opportunities and created threats for export-oriented SME's started to work in 2012. The markets which are getting more and more free outside provided opportunities and the narrowing markets presented fierce competition, stress and threats. According to the data of the first half of the year, the significant increase in the number of shows that SME's verged towards exportation in a serious manner. While the ratio of export of EU countries plummeted down to 39.6 in 2012 from 48.1 in 2011, the export ratio of non-EU countries bloomed to 60.4. SMEs have focused on exports in such a market. 2012 The production and the slowdown in the economy directly affected the SME's and we can say that 2012 was a challenging year for them. Indeed, at the end of the first 9 months of 2011 the increase was 9.8 in industrial production but it remained only with 3 percent in 2012. Despite the current scene SMEs make up the 75 per cent of total employment, while the total production is 65 percent. In 2013, SMEs needed an alternative market and sale channels in order to achieve major breakthroughs, and the ?Barter Trade Instrument" will be an indispensable tool for SME's in the domestic market. Using Barter system means to be one step ahead of their competitors for SME's. The credit interest rates of the banks feels too expensive and pushes the SME's to a bottleneck. For SMEs to revive the market, we initiated the "Investment Support Credit". With the products and services they produce, SME's can receive products and services such as advertisement, social media and marketing from the other member companies existing in the Barter Common Pool in exchange for their own products and services.
Hope to see you soon, goodbye.
Veysel Şimşek
Chairman of the Board
