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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 …

Trabzon Governor Aziz Yıldırım stated that hazelnut production should not be seen as just a side job, saying, “Hazelnut farming is a serious business that those involved in it must take seriously. People who live outside the province generally gather hazelnuts only in the summer for holiday purposes.” Trabzon Governor …

Press release… The Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB) achieved exports worth 1.448 billion dollar in June, with an increase of 10 percent. EIB’s exports for the January-June period of 2025 amounted to 9 billion dollars, while exports for the last 12-month period soared by 2 percent to 18 billion 424 million …

Press release… Turkish food exporters made a strong showing at the New York Summer Fancy Food Show, one of the world’s largest food fairs, with 92 companies participating. Türkiye aims to export 5 billion dollars worth of food products to the US, which imports 230 billion dollars worth of food …

Press release… The cereal sector’s exports to the US in the first five months of the year surged by 29 percent compared to the same period last year, rising to 350.7 million dollars. The sector, which ramped up its share of Türkiye’s total exports to the US to 6.5 percent, …

June, 2025… With developing geopolitical developments, the food industry has begun to be regarded as a strategic sector around the world. In particular, food-producing and exporting countries are expected to come to the fore even more in the coming years. At Sesami, Halva and Jam Manufacturers Association (SUTHER), our sector …