TURKEY SEES ASIA-PACIFIC AS COATINGS EXPORT GROWTH MARKET
August 1st, 2010
BY PAUL COCHRANE
THE US DOLLAR USD$2 billion Turkish paint sector is the sixth largest in Europe, yet when it comes to its coatings trade with the Asia-Pacific region, Turkey imports a lot more than it exports. Turkey has had fluctuating business with the Asia Pacific region - defined as China, South Korea, Japan, the Indian subcontinent, South-East Asia, Mongolia, Australasia, the Marshall Islands, Vanuatu, and the Cook Islands. From 2004 to 2008, the volume of paint imports and exports in this trade doubled, from 187,311 tonnes to 393,852, but trade is heavily ...
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