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July, Trabzon… Türkiye’s thriving aquaculture industry marked a significant achievement with salmon exports reaching 217 million dollars in revenue during the first six months of 2025, according to data from the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB). The Turkish salmon — grown initially in inland farms and later transferred to cages in the …

Türkiye’s first Climate Law, recently approved by parliament, aims to ensure that the costs associated with carbon-intensive activities remain within the country, thus preventing the payment of additional carbon taxes in Europe, a sector representative has said. Onur Ünlü, chair of the Turkish-based Energy Efficiency and Management Association, stated that the Climate Law …

FAO assesses that 41 countries require external assistance for food, including 31 in Africa, 8 in Asia, 1 in Latin America and the Caribbean and 1 in Europe. Conflict and civil insecurity remain the primary drivers of severe acute food insecurity, with heightened concern for populations in Haiti, Mali, Palestine, South Sudan …

Press release… 11 of the 12 export champions in the dried fruit sector are from the Aegean region… The dried fruit sector, one of Türkiye’s traditional export sectors, is represented by 12 companies in the Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TİM) Top 1000 Exporters List, which is the champions league of exporters. …

Türkiye’s agricultural output reached a record high, rising for the first time above 70 billion dollars last year, according to Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumaklı on Sunday. This, he said, placed the country among the top seven in the world. “Our agricultural production, which was 68.9 billion dollars in …

Press release… Bedri Girit, Chair of the Aegean Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Association, said at the Summer Fancy Food Show that Turkish food exporters had the second largest participation after Italy. Underlining that the Turkish Tastes Project and the SUMMER FANCY Food Show in New York complement each other …

Press release… While Türkiye’s overall exports grew by only 4 percent in the first half of 2025, exports of chocolate confectionery products jumped 61 percent from 461 million to 743.5 million dollars. The Turkish chocolate confectionery sector has brought joy to billions of people in 180 countries and generated foreign …

Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) released a new Cereal Supply and Demand Brief on Friday, with new insights on crop prospects in 2025/26. FAO’s latest forecast foresees global cereal production in 2025 to reach an all-time high of 2 925 million tonnes, up 0.5 percent from last month and 2.3 …

Press release… Global cereal production set to reach an all-time high, although hot and dry weather could impact yields… 04/07/2025 Rome – The FAO Food Price Index, a benchmark for world food commodity prices, averaged 128.0 points in June 2025, up 0.5 percent from May. Although international prices of cereals and sugar …

Press release… In the January-June period of 2025, 143,700 tonnes of hazelnuts were exported from Türkiye, generating 1 billion 182 million 901 thousand dollars in foreign exchange income. When compared to the same period of the previous year, there was a 1 percent decrease in volume and a 1 percent …