ANKARA - Turkey would turn its face to India and Brazil to increase its exports, a bureaucrat said on Monday.
A Turkish bureaucrat said Turkey would implement a special plan to open to India, Turkey`s Foreign Trade Undersecretary Tuncer Kayalar told AA correspondent.
"We will organize a joint economic committee meeting with Brazil in May," Kayalar said.
He added that Turkey and Brazil had not held the committee meeting for some time, and Turkey was planning to send a trade delegation to Brazil at the end of 2008.
On other foreign trade strategies of Turkey, Kayalar said neighboring countries, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the United States would continue to have priority for Turkey.
Kayalar also said a U.S. trade delegation, consisting of more than 50 firms, was expected to be in Turkey in April, whereas Turkish businessmen would visit Miami, the United States for the first time at the end of April.
"We have launched negotiations with Chili to sign a free trade agreement, and are holding talks to set up a joint chamber of commerce with this country," he said.
Kayalar said Turkey would send businessmen`s delegations to South Africa, Algeria, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia and Ghana.
"Also, we will organize a Turkish export products fair for the first time in Mozambique," Kayalar said.
Kayalar defined fairs as an important opportunity to promote a country, and said Turkey plans to participate in 219 fairs till the end of 2008.
Turkey`s foreign trade volume was more than 277 billion USD in 2007. Turkey earned 107 billion USD from exports and imported goods worth 170 billion USD last year.
(BRC-AÖ)