The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) and the American Companies Association (AmCham Turkey) have launched an initiative to support local entrepreneurs entering the US market. With the support of United Parcel Service (UPS), they will offer mentoring services to selected companies via the new e-commerce mentoring programme.

Strategic planning, consultancy and business development support will be given to these companies so that they can mature their e-export processes to the US market. Companies will come together with experienced teams in the field of e-export.

Companies will have one-on-one meetings with mentors and will be connected to the ‘Turkey Trade Center’ established by TOBB in Chicago to accelerate their US market share.

TankutTurnaoğlu, Chairman, American Companies Association, which represents more than 110 American companies with investments of more than US$50billion in Turkey, stated that they aim to bring together small and medium-sized enterprises targeting the American market with their members.

BurakKilic, General Manager, UPS Turkey also emphasised the importance of the project while expressing that the global e-export volume is expected to reach $2.4 trillion 2025.