IZMIR - "Turkey supported Romania`s NATO and EU memberships. We expect Romania to support Izmir`s candidacy for EXPO 2015," said Jak Eskinazi, deputy chairman of Izmir Chamber of Commerce (IZTO), who received Romanian delegation led by Liliana Deac, Director of the External Relations Department of the Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Romania, on Wednesday.
Eskinazi noted that there are more than 9,600 Romanian-Turkish joint companies in Romania.
"Investment capital of these companies is nearly 460 million USD. However, there are only 33 Romanian companies registered in Turkey. We wish this figure to increase. There is a big partnership potential between the two countries in energy, contracting services, construction materials, defense industry, tourism, automotive by-industry and informatics sectors," he noted.
Eskinazi said that Romania is the 9th biggest export partner of Turkey.
"Turkey`s export amount to Romania is 2.3 billion USD and import from this country is 2.6 billion USD. We have nearly 5 billion USD of foreign trade volume," he added.
On the other hand, Romanian Director Deac asked members of IZTO to examine and contribute to Romanian Romexpo project.