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Türkiye’s seedless dried grape exports hit a 25-year low in volume during the 2024-2025 season, but generated the highest export revenue in the country’s Republican history, according to data released by the Aegean Exporters’ Association. From Sept. 1, 2024, to Aug. 31, 2025, Türkiye exported 153,593 metric tonnes of seedless raisins – …

Press release… Hayrettin Uçak, Chair of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, stated that Türkiye produces over 61 million tonnes of fresh fruit and vegetables annually and that the sector’s exports exceed 6 billion dollars. “Despite natural disasters and cost increases, we maintain our export figures in the …

Press release… The Turkish olive and olive oil sector has placed Canada on its radar… The Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association, which has intensified its marketing activities as part of the Ministry of Trade’s Distant Countries Strategy, has placed Canada on its radar. The Turkish olive sector aims …

TAB President Ziya Şahin stated that projects should be developed to support the production of value-added bee products and that the projects of the Agricultural and Rural Development Support Institution (TKDK) should also be channelled to the beekeeping sector. Ankara… Ziya Şahin, President of Turkish Beekeepers’ Association (TAB) shared his …

Director-General QU Dongyu addresses G20 Agriculture Working Group Ministerial Meeting in South Africa… 18/09/2025 Cape Town – The world’s largest economies, as both major producers and consumers, are uniquely positioned to drive the transformation towards more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization …

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday unveiled Türkiye’s new five-year strategy for cooperatives, which he described as a “fair system that transforms individual labor into collective strength” and pledged expanded financial and institutional support for the sector. Speaking at the launch ceremony in Istanbul, Erdoğan said cooperatives embody the philosophy …

TÜRKTOB Board Chairman Hacı Ömer Güler stated that Türkiye is a major player in the global tomato production and seed industry, meeting its own needs. Hacı Ömer Güler, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Seed Growers Association (TÜRKTOB), drew attention to Türkiye’s position in tomato production and …

Seafood exports from the Eastern Black Sea region to 27 countries, primarily Russia, were made between January and August. Trabzon… Ismail Kobya, Chairman of the Seafood Sector Committee of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association, told an Anatolian Agency (AA) correspondent that 20,047 tonnes of seafood products were exported to …

The price of shelled pistachios for baklava has soared 213 percent in the past year, reaching TL 2,350 (56.90 dollars) per kilogram, according to Mehmet Yıldırım, president of the Baklava and Dessert Producers Association (BAKTAD). Yıldırım noted that even if there were no harvest this year, pistachio prices should not …

The TMO’s purchase price for seedless raisins has been set at 120 lira… The purchase price for No. 9 seedless raisins by the Turkish Grain Board (TMO) has been set at 120 lira per kilogram. Ankara… In a statement from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, it was noted that …