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Turkish durum wheat comes to the fore for pasta producers…

“Pasta producers bought durum from Türkiye because it was offered to us at competitive prices,” said Vincenzo Divella, co-CEO of the eponymous Italian pasta company. Vincenzo Divella “We had a big problem in Canada … In our country, the season was disastrous because of the weather and rains.” “The Turkish …

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Celal Kadooğlu: Hikes in cocoa prices are challenging exporters

Press release… Turkish Food Exporters made evaluations on cocoa prices, which reached a historical peak by exceeding 10 thousand dollars per tonne due to factors such as climate change and drought. Celal Kadooğlu USA is in the top 3 in Southeastern Anatolia’s chocolate exports… Pointing out that Türkiye’s exports of …

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Food waste is not just a ‘rich country’ problem!

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Food Waste Index 2024 report revealed that while 783 million people grappled with hunger in 2022, more than 1 billion meals a day were wasted worldwide. According to the Food Waste Index 2024 report published by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on the occasion of …

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Global food prices up after 7-month downward trend!

Vegetable oils, dairy products, meat prices drive higher food prices… The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) food price index rose 1.3 points, or 1.1%, to 118.3 points in March compared to February, soaring for the first time after a seven-month of downward trend. According to the FAO’s press release …

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“Türkiye’s exports in this field will be doubled by fulfilling the necessary conditions in milk”

National Milk Council (USK) Research and Advisory Board Member Professor Dr. Nevzat Artık stated that the Raw Milk Action Plan carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry will boost the share of dairy exports. “Contribution to the export target of 500 billion dollars” Pointing out that the quality …

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Erdem Çelik: We have a very efficient production due to low heat cost

In geothermal greenhouses where clean energy is used with soilless agriculture, energy savings of up to 60 per cent are achieved compared to other energy sources. While tomatoes are mainly grown in fully automated technological geothermal greenhouses in Türkiye’s Aegean province of Manisa, bananas can also be grown alongside tomatoes. …

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Arslantürk: Hazelnut exports continue the upward trend in the first quarter of the year

Press release… STARTING THE YEAR 2024 WITH A SPIKE, HAZELNUT EXPORTS CONTINUE THEIR UPWARD TREND IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR… Türkiye’s hazelnut exports in the January-March period of 2024 realised as 605.865.060 dollars for 77.309 tonnes, with a high rate of export increase of 9 percent in quantity …

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Ömer Celal Umur: Tobacco sector aims to export 1 billion dollars in 2024

Press release… The tobacco and tobacco products sector, one of Türkiye’s traditional export sectors, aims to ramp up its exports from 922 million dollars in 2023 to over 1 billion dollars in 2024. Ömer Celal Umur Having reached 50 million kilos of Turkish type oriental tobacco, 20 million kilos of …

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Ali Fuat Gürle: Our exporters signed an export of 103 million dollars in non-wood forest products

Press release… Ali Fuat Gürle, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Aegean Furniture, Paper and Forestry Products Exporters’ Association, informed that they contributed 906 million dollars to Türkiye’s 8 billion dollars exports of furniture, paper and forestry products in 2023. Noting that they serve three sub-sectors: furniture, paper …

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Kazım Taycı: We have a target of 14 billion dollars as cereals, pulses, oilseeds and products exporters

Exports of cereals and pulses exceeded 2 billion dollars in the first 2 months! Cereals, pulses, oilseeds and products sector exports in Türkiye in February reached 1 billion 51 million dollars, while İHBİR’s exports amounted to 333 million dollars. Kazım Taycı “THE BIGGEST FACTOR IN THE INCREASE IN EXPORTS IS …

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