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Press release… From FAO Regional Office for Africa… 30/04/2026 Accra/Addis Ababa – A new joint report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the African Union Commission (AUC) highlights the enormous gap between …

Press release… Veysel Memiş, Coordinating Chairman of the Mediterranean Exporters’ Associations (AKİB), announced that they had achieved exports worth 1.65 billion dollars in April. Noting that they achieved a 27 percent spike in export performance compared to the same period last year in the fourth month of the year, he …

Press release… Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association announced that between January and April 2026, 71,000 tonnes of hazelnuts were exported from Türkiye, generating foreign exchange earnings of 990,967,000 dollars. When compared to the same period of the previous year, these export figures represent a 31 percent decrease in volume and …

Press release… Selçuk İskender, Chair of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB), announced that exports from the Eastern Black Sea Region, comprising the provinces of Trabzon, Rize, Artvin and Gümüşhane, amounted to 678,195,89 dollars in the January–April 2026 period. “Of the exports from our Eastern Black Sea Region in …

YUM-BİR Chair İbrahim Afyon, who attended the Business Conference organised by the World Egg Organisation (WEO) in Warsaw with a large delegation, shared Türkiye’s production capacity and sectoral priorities with global industry representatives. Highlighting global production and trade balances, Afyon emphasised Türkiye’s aim to play a more active role on …

Türkiye’s credit guarantee fund has inked a cooperation protocol with a major fund for Southeast Europe to develop a new programme supporting sustainable agriculture, according to a report on Tuesday… The Credit Guarantee Fund (KGF) has signed a cooperation protocol with the European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) to develop …

Press release… Organised under the theme “A Critical Turning Point for Turkish Cotton”, the 8th National Cotton Summit brought together all stakeholders in the sector. The summit began with an opening address by Fevzi Çondur, Chairman of the Board of the National Cotton Council and continued with speeches by İhsan …

Press release… The fishery sector ramped up its exports by 24 percent in the first quarter… The seafood sector, one of the star sectors of exports, continued to write a success story in exports in the first quarter of 2026. Having recorded exports of 445 million dollars in the January–March …

Türkiye aims to reach 2.5 billion dollars in seafood exports in 2026, said Oğulcan Kemal Sagun, Vice Chairman of the Istanbul Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Association (İSHİB)… Sagun said first-quarter growth and the opening of the Chinese market indicate that this target is achievable, noting that the industry currently exports to 110 countries. …

Press release… Emre Uygun, Chair of the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association (EZZİB), stated that the sector has weathered both global and national challenges. Uygun, who noted that the Turkish olive sector achieved exports of 763 million dollars in the 2023/24 season, said, “Our exports fell by 27 …