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The chairman of the Turkey-Libya Council of the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey, Murtaza Karanfil.[Photo: Social Media]Anadolu Agency has reported the chairman of the Turkey-Libya Council of the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEIK) on Thursday as saying that Turkish investors should harness Libyas $120 billion investment volume especially in the contracting sector.

There is a call from Libya in this direction, said Murtaza Karanfil, adding that Libya was undergoing a reconstruction process and that there were major opportunities in all of the countrys sectors.

During the reconstruction process, houses, public buildings and roads will be rebuilt in Libya, said Karanfil, according to Anadolu Agency.

Turkey exports a wide variety of products to Libya including jewelry, furniture, poultry, carpets, semi-finished steel, hygienic towel, diaper, vegetable fixed oil, plastic profile, plastic packaging materials, medicine and clothing.

Due to difficulties in the country where Turkish contractors had undertaken their first overseas projects projects worth $19 billion remain unfinished, Karanfil indicated.

Karanfil explained that Turkish contractors currently had a total of $4 billion in receivables due to losses including collateral, machinery and equipment.

With an agreement to be signed between the two countries, we expect serious progress in the resolution of commercial problems in the coming period in contracting, he added.

We believe that as soon as we resolve the old issues on receivables, we will take things from where we left off in Libya and move them to much better points, Karanfil said.

Referring to the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the Chinese economy, he said Chinas share in Libyas imports is around 13%.

We [Turkey] can well turn Chinas share in Libya and African countries to our favor using the advantages of our geopolitical location and by correct process management, he explained.

Karanfil also said that Turkeys exports to Libya exceeded $2 billion in 2012 and peaked before declining due to political upheaval in the country.

Exports increased again in 2017 and reached $1.9 billion in 2019, with an increase of 29% compared to the previous year, Karanfil added.

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