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Turkey announced the elimination of tariffs on some pulses and grains. According to a PresidentialDecree published in the Official Gazette on September 8, 2021, the import tariffs on chickpeas, lentils,and wheat, rye, barley, oats, and sorghum (only seed for sewing) are reduced to zero until December 31,2021. Barley, Oat, Rye, …

A Turkish expert has advised authorities to sell all the trees burned in last month’s wildfires that devastated forests in 53 provinces out of all 81 late July and use the money collected in the fight against future forest fires. According to data from the General Directorate of Forestry, some …

17 September 2021, Ankara  – A stakeholders meeting was held yesterday to launch the fourth phase of the Project: “Promoting sustainable employment and income generation opportunities for Syrian refugees and host communities”, funded by the Government of Japan. The objective of the meeting was to provide implementing partners with necessary guidelines …

A Turkish group of companies has designed a container farming system that enables the cultivation of all kinds of crops, regardless of climate and weather or amount of daylight, amid growing concerns over the course of climate change-related uncertainties. The container plant factory is equipped with systems that have all …

Haluk Okutur, Chairman of the Board of Istanbul Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Exporters’ Association (İHBİR), said, “İHBİR’s exports in the first 8-month period covering the January-August period of 2021 amounted to 1 billion 471 million 918 thousand dollars with an increase of 18.73 percent.” In the written statement …

Press release… Hayrettin Uçak, Chairperson of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association (EYMSİB), said that citrus and pomegranate exports exceeded 1 billion dollars Hayrettin Uçak Uçak said, “While Turkey exported 852 million dollars of citrus and pomegranates in 2019, the amount of foreign exchange it obtained from citrus …

İSTİB Chairman Ali Kopuz evaluated the record increase in food prices. Stating that food inflation has become a global problem, Kopuz said that the solution lies in agriculture. Istanbul Commodity Exchange Chairman (İSTİB) Ali Kopuz stated that the solution to food inflation is in agriculture. Ali Kopuz made a speech …

In the 8-month period covering January-August 2021, exports from Trabzon region to the Russian Federation reached 115,551,947 dollars, soaring by 31 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. Fresh fruit and vegetables In the same period, exports from the Black Sea Region, where 18 provinces are located, …

Press release… Turkey exported 291 million dollars of dried apricots in the 2020/21 season… Turkey’s dried apricot exports amounted to 291 million 749 thousand dollars in the 2020-21 season, corresponding to 87 thousand 119 tonnes. Compared to the 2019-20 season, dried apricot exports decreased by 10 percent on quantity basis …

Press release… While the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB) realized an export of 116.3 million dollars in August with an increase of 39 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, Afghanistan was the country with the highest rise in foreign sales. Exporting 1,649 …