The Southeast Anatolian Exporters Associations, which is located in the Turkey’s fifth biggest export city Gaziantep, has been providing service to local exporters since 1984; GAİB has been conducting its activities for the purpose of ensuring occupational ethics and solidarity between exporters, regulating their occupational activities and relationships, and helping to resolve the economical and bureaucratic problems faced by the exporters. Many activities are conducted to increase and encourage exportation, the aim is to carry the local exportation forward with briefings on various subjects, mainly training activities and seminars, and consultation meetings.
The GAİB came into existing when four different Exporters Union operating in different industries gathered under the same roof, or in other words when gathered within one General Secretariat. This region’s exportation has been gaining momentum every year and even in the face of all the hardships created by the pandemic, 2020 has seen a 4,1% raise compared to 2019, and total of 9 billion 278 million and 128 thousand of dollars’ worth of exportation to 193 countries was recorded. For Gaziantep, 2020 has seen a 6,1% raise compared to 2019, and 7 billion 932 million 652 thousand of dollars’ worth of exportation was actualized.