Foreign Trade

Press release… July 2026… The Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters Association (EZZİB) organized a “Financing Access Information Meeting” to facilitate exporters’ access to financing and inform the sector about current support mechanisms. At the meeting, held at the Aegean Exporters Associations service building, representatives from the Central Bank of …

July 2026… Türkiye exported 911 million and 35 thousand dollars worth of citrus fruits in the first six months of this year. According to data from the Mediterranean Exporters’ Associations, 807,114 tonnes of citrus fruits were exported in the January-June period of 2026. Kemal Kaçmaz The sector, which exported 518 …

July 2026… Fishery exports from Türkiye’s Southwestern province of Muğla in the first half of 2026 rose by 25 percent compared with the same period last year, reaching 422 million dollars. MUĞLA… In Muğla, which accounts for a significant share of the country’s marine aquaculture production, both production volumes and …

ANKARA… Rather than engaging in direct price competition with global giants to increase its share of the vast US market, the Turkish confectionery and patisserie sector is entering the fray with a strategy centred on ‘authentic flavours’ and ‘premium gifting’. A ‘Market Entry Strategy Report’ has been drawn up as …

Press release… July 2026… Selim Jimi, Chair of the Aegean Tobacco Exporters Association, stated that thanks to the efforts of the producers, the investments of industrialists and the endeavours of Turkish exporters, tobacco sector’s exports across the country have soared by 8.4 percent compared to the previous year, reaching 1.06 …

Press release… July 2026… Egg exports in the Aegean region have soared: a 131 percent spike! Ufuk Atakan Demir, Chair of the Aegean Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Association, announced that Türkiye’s seafood and animal products sector had reached 4.04 billion dollars in exports in 2025. “Specifically for our Association, …

Press release… July 2026… Ali Fuat Gürle, Chair of the Aegean Furniture, Paper and Forest Products Exporters’ Association, stated that they have left behind the first half of 2026, a period in which the uncertainties in global trade and rising production costs continued to affect the exporters. A 34 percent …

Türkiye’s fresh fruit and vegetable export revenue climbed 39 percent year-on-year to a record 2.35 billion dollars in the first half of 2026, exceeding 2 billion dollars for the first time in a January-June period. Exporters shipped 1.72 million tonnes of produce, about 92,000 tonnes less than a year earlier, but earned …

July 2026… The West African producers from Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon met in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, on 16 July, where they signed a joint declaration to work toward more local processing of cocoa butter and powder while discouraging raw cocoa exports. Beyond local processing, they pledged to …

Press release… July 2026… Analysis finds supply and demand shocks drive most price swings, with producers and consumers affected differently… Rome – International prices of coffee, cocoa and tea have recently experienced large fluctuations, exacerbated by structural vulnerabilities, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the …