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eTIR Pilot Project to bolster
Turkish-Iranian trade
GTİ model of success for world
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elivering a speech at an event
held to introduce the e-TIR Pilot
Project signed between Turkey and
Iran, TOBB President M. RifatHisarcık-
lıoğlu said, “This is an important step
towards achieving the 30 billion USD
trade goal we have set with Iran for
2016.” Hisarcıklıoğlu also added, “The
e-TIR project is expected to facilita-
te trade procedures, reduce transport
costs and to improve transparency in
transport operations.”
E
stablished under the
leadership of TOBB in
2005 in accordance with
the related laws, Gümrük ve
Turizm İşletmeleri Ticaret AŞ
(GTİ) has become a model
of success for the rest of the
world. GTİ Chairman M. Arif
Parmaksız said, “We have
been modernizing Turkey’s
border gates thoroughly to
the level of world standards
on the basis of a “build-o-
perate-transfer” agreement,
upon expiry of which we will
transfer modern border gate
facilities to the state without
any cost.”