Turkey is looking to Ghana for trade opportunities, especially the Turkish kitchenware sector. Turkish businesspeople are looking to boost partnerships with Ghanaian industrialists within the next five years.

Right now, Turkish kitchenware exports $1.06 million to Ghana. However, Turkey’s annual kitchenware exports worldwide is $4 billion.

Murat Akyuz, Chairman of the Istanbul Chemicals and Chemical Product Exporters’ Association (ICCPEA), recently led a 14-member business delegation to Ghana. According to Akyuz, tlevels were low and that the target was to increase it ten-fold.

”Our goal is to increase the Turkish kitchenware exports to Ghana to $10 million in the next three years and $20 million in the next five years,” he said.

Akyuz said Ghana was selected because of the great potential it had as a stable democracy and the gateway to countries in the West African sub-region, reports Spy Ghana.

He said the long-term focus of the delegation was to seek joint-venture opportunities with their Ghanaian counterparts that would enable them to bring their expertise to bear on the production of kitchenware.

”Our focus is not sales but our vision is to encourage Turkish industry players to see Ghana as a market they could establish their production plants to produce locally and for export to the rest of the countries in West Africa,” Mr Akyuz said, adding that, selling alone will not help each other’s economy.