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Turkey’s fresh fruit and vegetable exports exceeded the 3 billion dollar threshold over the last 12 months… Hayrettin Uçak, the chairperson of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association (EYMSİB), in a written statement, said the exports were worth 1.3 billion dollars in the January-July period of 2020, but …

Samsun and Sinop Provinces Fishery Producers’ Association Chairperson Osman Parlak said that despite the pandemic, Turkish salmon broke an export record. Turkish Salmon Osman Parlak said, “We exported 9 million dollars in the first 6 months of 2020, but in the first 6 months of 2021, we increased this figure …

Press release… Saffet Kalyoncu, Chairperson of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Associations (DKİB), in his written statement, said that exports from the Eastern Black Sea Region Trabzon, Rize, Artvin and Gümüşhane provinces, which are under the jurisdiction of their Secretariat General, amounted to 842,641,317 USD in the January-July 2021 period, …

Press release… Turkey maintains its global leadership in oriental tobacco production and foreign trade… Turkey ranks fifteenth in world tobacco production but ranks first in oriental tobacco production in the world. Aegean Tobacco Exporters’ Association Chairperson Ömer Celal Umur said that tobacco continues to be an important crop for the …

595 thousand 787 tonnes of hazelnuts were traded in the commodity exchanges in the period of August 2020-June 2021. In the written statement made by Giresun Commodity Exchange, information was given about the hazelnut sales transactions carried out in the 21 commodity exchanges in the regions where hazelnuts are produced. …

Catering industrialists stated that companies operating in the ready-to-eat food sector have become unprofitable due to the difference between general inflation and food inflation. Bursa Catering Industrialists Association (BUYSAD) announced the cookware inflation in July. Association Chairperson Coşkun Dönmez said that food prices increased by 3.18 percent in July, thus …

In Turkey, which holds approximately 70 percent of the world’s oregano (thyme) exports, 69 million dollars of oregano was exported in 2020. As for oregano, which contributes approximately 1 billion TL to the country’s economy, OGM (General Directorate of Forestry) will produce 420 thousand oregano saplings in 2021. Struggling for …

Press release… A Meeting was Held with Tomato Paste Companies for a Seamless Tomato Season… A meeting was held with the representatives of tomato paste factories operating in İzmir province, which ranks 3rd in tomato paste production in the country, to evaluate the production in 2020, to plan the production …

Mine Ataman, founder of the Seed Platform, said that if no action is taken, climate change will cause great damage to the agricultural sector and agricultural production. Suggesting that many crops will not be able to be produced in the next 10 years if this situation continues, Ataman also stated …

Press release… Cereals, vegetable oils and dairy drive FAO Food Price Index lower for second month in a row… 5 August 2021, Rome – Global food commodity prices fell in July for the second consecutive month, according to a benchmark United Nations report released today. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 123.0 points …