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Turkish industrial kitchen manufacturers continue to export despite the global pandemic. Exports of heater and cooler equipment alone have increased 116% in the last 3 years. The new target of Turkish producers was North America. Entrepreneur Semih Durdu, who started to export abroad with the company he founded recently, said, “Our initiatives and negotiations on the export of bakery machinery to Canada and Malaysia are continuing through TurkishExporter. Our goal is to make Turkish culinary products available all over the world.”

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ISTANBUL (TR) - The world's industrial kitchen sector continues to rise day by day. Germany has the largest share of the pie in the business sector, while Italy is in second place and Turkey is in third place. On the other hand, Turkey, which has a strong production power in many areas from heating and cooling equipment to food, continues to implement many incentives and regulations in order to increase its export potential. In particular, the export platforms opening up many companies in Anatolia to the world increases the export potential of Turkish manufacturers.

The industry has grown 116% in the last 3 years

According to TSI (TÜİK) data; exports of heater and cooler equipment grew by 116% in the last 3 years and reached 8 billion 121 million 387 thousand 964 at the end of 2019. Despite the effects of the novel coronavirus, exports did not stop, while the Turkish producer exported 3 billion 692 million 803 thousand 444 pounds of heater and cooler equipment in the first 5 months of 2020. It is seen that the target of the Turkish producer is North America after the Middle East and Africa market.

Exports to Belgium and Somalia

Semih Durdu, a 28-year-old expatriate entrepreneur, recently founded Noksway Kitchen & Cooling Equipment in Turkey to increase Turkey's share in the industrial kitchen sector. Semih Durdu, who exported cold warehouses to Belgium and then to Somalia in a few weeks with the online export platform TurkishExporter, accelerated its work for Canadian and Malaysian markets.

“We started working on exporting bakery machines to Malaysia and Canada”

Semih Durdu, a young entrepreneur who explained his aims as to increase the global pie share by maximizing the Turkish signature in the world industrial kitchen sector, said, “We are one of the best countries in the world when it comes to machine manufacturing. With the support of our state, we continue our efforts to increase our exports every day. While many countries closed their factories due to the coronavirus pandemic, we did not stop despite slowing our production in our country. We continue our work by increasing our security in the days when the pandemic is coming to an end. Recently, our initiatives and negotiations on the export of bakery machines to Canada and Malaysia through TurkishExporter are under way. Our goal is to make the whole world use Turkish kitchen products.”