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Press release… Dried fig exports reached 58,903 tonnes… Türkiye exported 58,903 tonnes of dried figs during the 2024/25 season, which began on September 25, 2024 and ended August 30, 2025, generating 353,912,000 dollars in foreign currency revenue. Dried fig exports reached 283,416,000 dollars equivalent to 61,859 tonnes in the same …

Mustafa Sacit İnan, an agricultural engineer at the Manisa Viticulture Research Institute, stated that the wire-curtain (wire-display) method improves the quality of raisins, but producers are discouraged from using it due to its high cost. The Sultana seedless grape harvest has begun in Türkiye’s leading agrifood province of Manisa and …

Press release… 15 At the Aegean Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Association’s Advisory General Assembly, a recommendation was made to kick off the 2025/26 dried fig season of which Türkiye is a global leader in production and export, on October 15, 2025. The Ministry of Trade will make the final …

According to a report by the International Grains Council, global grain production could rise by 83 million tonnes to 2.4 billion tonnes in the 2025/2026 season. Maize and wheat yields are also projected to show significant spikes. According to the International Grains Council (IGC), global grain production is expected to …

Products produced in Türkiye’s Northwestern province of Kırklareli, one of Türkiye’s major milk production centres, are exported to 17 countries. Gökhan Karaca The region, home to modern dairy farms, produces an average of 1,000 tonnes of milk daily with 150,000 head of cattle. Milk produced in 34 European Union-approved farms …

Hazelnut prices in the Alaplı district of Zonguldak province have surpassed 255 TL on the open market and are expected to reach 300 TL soon. Şeref Türkoğlu, Head of the Alaplı Chamber of Agriculture, stated that decreasing supply and stagnant demand are affecting prices. Hazelnut prices, one of the Black …

Türkiye’s northeastern province of Kars’s cold winter months and snow-covered landscape provide an ideal environment for raising geese, known for their unique flavour. An indispensable part of winter tables and a significant source of income, geese were put through the fattening process. Mahir Bulut, who arrived in Istanbul and settled …

Tariş Fig Union Chairman Ersin Kacar announced the purchasing prices for the 2025-2026 dried fig season. Board members met at the Tariş Fig Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Union facilities to determine dried fig purchasing prices for the harvest season. Following the meeting, Kacar made a statement wishing producers a prosperous season, …

Press release… Following the end of the civil war in Syria, Türkiye’s exports to Syria surged significantly. Between January and June 2025, the country’s exports to Syria surged by 51 percent, from 999 million dollars to 1.5 billion dollars. Hayrettin Uçak Exports from the Aegean Exporters’ Association (EIB) to Syria …

Nigerian Aliko Dangote, one of Africa’s richest businessmen, has signed an agreement with the Ethiopian government for the construction of a 2.5 billion dollars fertilizer plant. Aliko Dangote According to the agreement signed in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, Dangote will own 60 percent of the plant, while the state-owned …