Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association

What Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association does

Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association (Doğu Karadeniz İhracatçılar Birliği, DKİB) is a Turkish regional exporters' association founded in 1998 and headquartered in Trabzon, constituting a quasi-governmental entity organized under the İhracatçı Birlikleri Kanunu (Exporters Associations Law) and operating under the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM) and the supervision of Turkey's Ministry of Trade. It serves exporting companies in a four-province jurisdiction (Trabzon, Rize, Artvin, and Gümüşhane), providing export facilitation, training, trade delegations, international fair participation, market intelligence, and Ministry of Trade-funded UR-GE (International Competitiveness Development) cluster development programs. Other services include green passport facilitation for qualifying exporters, simplified customs procedures, and access to government platforms such as the Kolay İhracat Platform, the İGE Kefalet Portal, and the Dış Talepler Bülteni (foreign trade requests bulletin).

The association's core digital products are a portfolio of conventional web portals (Üye Bilgi Portalı member information portal, Online Birlik Üyeliği online membership, Borç Sorgulama debt inquiry, Evrak Kontrol document control, İhracatçı Üyelerimiz member directory, and an HR portal) and links to Ministry of Trade tools (GTİP HS code search). Its flagship programmatic offering is the UR-GE cluster series, which has run since 2010 across sectors including tea, food processing, machinery and components, construction and building materials, seafood and processed products, Turkish salmon, and a green-transition construction cluster. The association has 10 employees and partners with TİM, the Ministry of Trade, the Trabzon Ticaret ve Sanayi Odası (TTSO), Karadeniz Technical University, regional chambers of commerce, the Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality, and Turkish Airlines (TİM-THY Air Cargo Protocol).

DKİB operates as a non-profit membership-based association. Revenue is derived from member dues and government funding rather than commercial transactions, and is not publicly disclosed. The $982.6M USD export figure reported for its region in Jan–Jun 2026 (to 121 countries) reflects the combined export value of member companies, not association revenue. Notable member companies — Ferrero Fındık (70th in Turkey's Top 1000 Exporters 2025), ÇAYKUR (77th in ISO 500 2025), Arslantürk Tarım (419th in ISO 500), Gümüştaş, Çayeli Bakır, Politek, Akerko, Kuzuoğlu, and Cirav — collectively span hazelnuts, tea, mining, seafood/aquaculture, and food processing. Leadership consists of Chairman Selçuk İskender, Vice Chairmen Dursun Ali Sakarya and Hasan Kuzuoğlu, Board Member Cemil Albayrak, and General Secretary Ongan Bahadır.

Name

Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association

Legal name

Doğu Karadeniz İhracatçılar Birliği

Website

https://dkib.org.tr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association (DKİB) is a Turkish non-profit exporters' association serving exporters in Trabzon, Rize, Artvin, and Gümüşhane provinces. Operating under TİM and the Ministry of Trade, it provides export facilitation, training, trade delegations, and UR-GE cluster development programs to its member companies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trade Association Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Export Promotion & Market Access Support (BPADAMAC)

Keywords

• Export facilitation services
• Trade association services
• International market development
• Export training programs
• Trade delegations

Headquarters

HQ city

Trabzon

HQ country

Türkiye

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Association Dues and Government Support: DKİB operates as a non-profit exporters association supported by member dues and government funding. The association provides services to member exporters including export facilitation, training, delegation organization, and trade intelligence.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

DKİB is a regional exporters' association that supports member companies in Turkey's Eastern Black Sea region (Trabzon, Rize, Artvin, Gümüşhane) with export facilitation services. Its core offerings include UR-GE cluster competitiveness development projects, organization of trade delegations and buyer missions, guidance on state export incentives, member training programs, Green Passport visa facilitation, and document attestation services. The association operates under Turkey's Ministry of Trade and the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM).

Product overview

Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association (DKİB) is a trade association serving exporter companies in the Trabzon, Rize, Artvin, and Gümüşhane provinces. Rather than a unified software product, DKİB offers a portfolio of online service portals and programs. The core digital services include: the Üye Bilgi Portalı (Member Information Portal) and Online Birlik Üyeliği (Online Membership) for member company management; Borç Sorgulama (Debt Inquiry) and Evrak Kontrol (Document Control) for operational services; the İhracatçı Üyelerimiz directory for member visibility; and the İnsan Kaynakları portal for HR functions. Export support services encompass GTİP Arama (HS Code Search), İhracat Destekleri (Export Incentives) including domestic and international fair support, Basitleştirilmiş Gümrük Hattı (Simplified Customs), and Yeşil Pasaport (Green Passport) facilitation. The association also operates the UR-GE Projeleri (International Competitiveness Development Projects) — a suite of Ministry of Trade-funded clustering programs that deliver training, consulting, international marketing, and buyer delegation services to enhance regional exporters' global competitiveness. Access to external government platforms such as Kolay İhracat Platformu, Dış Talepler Bülteni, and İGE Kefalet Portalı is also facilitated through DKİB's website.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• UR-GE Cluster Competitiveness Development Projects (Uluslararası Rekabetçiliğin Geliştirilmesi) Cluster-based training, consulting, and international marketing programs organized by DKİB for cohorts of member exporters in sectors such as tea, hazelnuts, seafood, salmon, food products, construction materials, and machinery, designed to develop international competitiveness.
• Trade Delegations and Buyer Missions Organization of outbound trade delegations and inbound reverse buyer missions connecting DKİB member exporters with international buyers in target markets, including logistics support via partnerships with Turkish Airlines and embassies.
• Export Incentives and Support Guidance (İhracat Destekleri) Guidance and facilitation for members on state-backed export incentives, supports, and programs administered under TİM and the Ministry of Trade.
• Member Training Programs (Eğitimler)

Quantifiable outcome

• 8 member companies ranked in Turkey's Top 1000 Exporters list (2025)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, minor and core.

• Türk Hava Yolları (THY) - Turkish AirlinesflagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 July 2026TİM-THY Hava Kargo İş Birliği 7. Protokolü: Air cargo discount program for Turkish exporters. Up to 36% discount on general cargo and 33% on perishable goods to 49 destinations in 30 countries. Valid July 1 - October 31, 2026.
• Belçika Büyükelçiliği - Belgian EmbassyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Belgian Ambassador Hendrik Van de Velde visited DKİB and TTSO to discuss trade opportunities, export potential to Belgium, and tourism promotion.
• Türkiye İhracatçılar Meclisi (TİM) - Turkish Exporters AssemblycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDKİB operates under TİM as part of Turkey's official exporters union system. TİM coordinates export promotion activities and represents Turkish exporters internationally.
• T.C. Ticaret Bakanlığı - Ministry of TradecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMinistry of Trade provides regulatory oversight and implements export support programs including UR-GE (International Competitiveness Development) projects that DKİB executes.
• Trabzon Ticaret ve Sanayi Odası (TTSO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint activities with TTSO including hosting visiting delegations, organizing trade events, and collaborating on regional export promotion.
• Trabzon Büyükşehir Belediyesi - Trabzon Metropolitan MunicipalityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on economic development initiatives and hosting meetings with sector representatives to support regional trade.
• KTÜ - Karadeniz Technical UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity-industry cooperation for career development, qualified human resources in export sector, and joint working areas.
• Regional Chambers of Commerce and IndustrycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Rize Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ordu Trade Exchange, and Trabzon Trade Exchange for joint export promotion activities.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Orta Anadolu İhracatçı Birlikleri (OAİB): Central Anatolian exporters' association under TİM. Same legal framework, UR-GE and trade-promotion toolkit as DKİB, serving exporters in Ankara, Konya, and surrounding provinces with cluster development and Ministry of Trade-funded programs.
• Ege İhracatçı Birlikleri (EİB): Aegean regional exporters' association under TİM, with the same legal structure, UR-GE program model, and Ministry of Trade oversight as DKİB. Comparable in offering (cluster development, trade delegations, buyer missions) but oriented to Aegean industrial and agricultural export sectors.
• İstanbul İhracatçı Birlikleri (İİB): The Istanbul regional exporters' association under TİM — the largest and most direct structural peer to DKİB, operating under the same Exporters Associations Law with identical UR-GE, delegation, and incentive administration services, but serving a much larger exporter base in Istanbul.
• Uludağ İhracatçı Birlikleri (UİB): Uludağ (Bursa-based) regional exporters' association under TİM. Operates the same legal framework, UR-GE project pipeline, and Green Passport/exporter services as DKİB, focused on automotive, textiles, and machinery exporters in the Marmara region.
• Akdeniz İhracatçı Birlikleri (AKİB): Mediterranean regional exporters' association under TİM. Direct equivalent to DKİB in mandate, tools, and funding sources, serving exporters in the southern Mediterranean provinces with UR-GE clusters, trade delegations, and Ministry of Trade export incentive administration.
• Doğu Anadolu İhracatçı Birlikleri (DAİB): Eastern Anatolian exporters' association under TİM. Closest geographic and structural peer to DKİB, operating under the same TİM law with identical UR-GE, delegation, and export incentive services for Eastern Turkish exporters.
• Güneydoğu Anadolu İhracatçı Birlikleri (GAİB): Southeastern Anatolia exporters' association under TİM. Direct peer to DKİB in structure and service offering (UR-GE clustering, delegation organization, export incentives), focused on textiles, agricultural products, and manufacturing in the GAP region.

Broad incumbents

• Dış Ekonomik İlişkiler Kurulu (DEİK): Turkey's Foreign Economic Relations Board — a broader, more politically connected trade-promotion body that organizes business councils and trade missions internationally. Overlapping mandate with DKİB on international buyer matchmaking and market access, but nationally scoped and not a member-driven exporters' association.
• Türkiye İhracatçılar Meclisi (TİM): DKİB's parent umbrella organization coordinating all Turkish exporters' associations. Operates at the national level with broader scope (trade policy, national export strategy, TİM-THY air-cargo program), directly comparable in function but at a larger, federal scale.

Regional players

• Trabzon Ticaret ve Sanayi Odası (TTSO): Local chamber of commerce and industry in Trabzon — a named strategic partner of DKİB with overlapping regional export-promotion activities (joint delegations, hosting visits, trade events). Similar regional scope but with a broader commercial-services mandate beyond pure export facilitation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dkib

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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