ISTANBUL SANAYI ODASI

Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ICI) was established in 1952 by law, to which membership is compulsory for every industrial company in Istanbul. Some of the Chamber’s activities assigned by law are the issuance of investment incentive certificates for SMEs, capacity reports and other expertise reports for the companies in the Istanbul province. In addition to these, most of ICI’s services are driven with the purpose of increasing the competitiveness of Turkish companies.

ICI is the largest industrial chamber in Turkey with its member base of more than 20 000 companies accounting for 40% of the value-added produced by industry and 35% of Turkish exports. 22,8% of its members are active in textile and ready wear sectors, 16,9% of its members in machinery and equipment sector, 12,7% of the members are active in chemicals and plastics sector and 10,6% of them are in textiles sector. Other important sectors are metal (7%), electronics (7%) and food (6%).

As a non-profit organisation, ICI acts as a bridge between industry and government by contributing to the legislation process, providing feedback on draft decrees and regulations on behalf of the industry. ICI has close relationship with and strong access to the regional administration and municipalities in Istanbul as well as to other business organisations. It’s 55 Sectorial Committees composed of elected company representatives from different sectors provide access to all sectors of manufacturing.