Within the scope of the first phase of the “Preparation of the Sector Report for Enhancing Competitiveness in Exports” project carried out by the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM), it was aimed to prepare sector reports that will serve as a basis for identifying the current status of exporting sectors, analyzing them in light of international competitiveness indicators, and developing sector-based policy/action recommendations.
In this context, a “Competitiveness Workshop” was organized with the participation of sector representatives and relevant public stakeholders in order to identify, prioritize, and structure possible solutions to the current challenges affecting the competitiveness of the Electrical and Electronics sector in foreign markets.
The workshop, conducted by experts from PwC Türkiye, the project’s executive consultant, aimed to make visible the stages along the sector’s end-to-end value chain where competitiveness-related challenges are most concentrated. The findings will be systematically evaluated within the framework of seven competitiveness axes, and the developed recommendations will be categorized according to their relevant stakeholders and transformed into actionable policy recommendations and sets of implementable actions.
Representing BEYSAD, Board Member Buket Böke and Secretary General Ayşegül Koç participated in the workshop. The event provided the opportunity to work together with distinguished representatives from our valued stakeholder institutions, including TET, TÜRKBESD, Arzum, Arçelik, ECİD, and PwC.
Prior to the workshop, we also had the opportunity to share the preparations we made based on the responses received from our members to preliminary questions. We would like to once again thank all our members who contributed to and participated in the survey.
During the first session of the workshop, participants—guided by moderators—examined the Electrical and Electronics Sector from an end-to-end value chain perspective and systematically mapped competitiveness-related challenges affecting the sector’s performance and positioning in foreign markets according to the relevant stages of the value chain.
In this context, rather than producing a comprehensive inventory of all problem areas, the workshop primarily aimed to highlight and prioritize critical bottlenecks that directly determine export competitiveness and have tangible impacts in international markets.
At the beginning of the workshop, participants were divided into working groups of 5–6 people. The workshop facilitators distributed blank Value Chain Canvases to each group, illustrating the sector’s value chain stages (from input procurement to production, from logistics to after-sales services).
Participants were then asked to consider the issues affecting their sector’s competitiveness in foreign markets and formulate them in reference to the following axes:
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Technology and Productivity: digitalization, automation, R&D, economies of scale
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Product and Value: quality, design, innovation, branding, value-added production
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Cost: labor, energy, input costs, financing costs, tariffs, target market compliance costs (e.g., green transformation costs, carbon taxes, reporting/audit requirements)
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Human Capital: qualified workforce, skill sets, education/adaptation capacity
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Access to Finance: access to credit, cost/collateral requirements, export financing
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Regulations and Incentives: regulatory framework, trade regime, access to incentives, administrative burdens, regulations and supply chain compliance in target markets (e.g., EU sustainability legislation)
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Infrastructure and Logistics: transportation infrastructure, port/customs capacity, delivery times