Foreign Trade

İbrahim Yumaklı, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, reported that Türkiye, with 23.9 million hectares of cultivated agricultural land, continues to be the first agricultural country in Europe in terms of agricultural output by exporting as well as meeting the food needs of the country’s population exceeding 85 million and tourists …

Chicago wheat fell again Monday, remaining close to Friday’s five-week lows, as Türkiye’s ban on imports triggered worries about reduced demand and intensified competition with Black Sea supplies in export markets. Corn rose after Friday’s losses, while soybeans fell. The Chicago Board of Trade’s (CBOT) most-active wheat Wv1 fell 0.4% …

The UK became the first country to impose a ban on live animal exports through the Animal Welfare (Live Animal Exports) Act. June, 2024… A new ban on live animal exports has come into force in the UK with the Royal Assent of the Animal Welfare (Live Animal Exports) Act, …

Press release… In the 2023/24 season, exports of seedless raisins, dried apricots and dried figs, in which Türkiye is the world leader in production and exports, soared by 8 percent from 933 million dollars to 1 billion 7 million dollars and the 1 billion dollar threshold was exceeded. Mehmet Ali …

The foreign dependency of the Turkish pasta sector in production has ended thanks to the high yield of durum wheat in recent years. Aykut Göymen, Head of Turkish Pasta Industrialists’ Association (TMSD), said that around 4 million 300 thousand tonnes of durum wheat was harvested last year. Göymen stated that …

Gülbirlik (Rose and Rose Oil Agriculture Sales Cooperatives Union) Deputy General Manager Nafiz Koçak said that in Türkiye’s rose production centre of Isparta, which meets 65 percent of the world rose oil production, the price of rose oil has exceeded 12 thousand euros per litre. Nafiz Koçak “Although the yield …

The plenary session “Technological Support of Food Security” was held at the RUSSIA EXPO on the Food Security Day of the Technical Leadership Week. It was attended by Minister of Agriculture Oksana Lut, representatives of federal agencies, science, business and industry organizations. The participants discussed a wide range of issues in …

Türkiye on Friday announced it would halt wheat imports from June 21 until at least mid-October to safeguard farmers from price fluctuations, secure domestic procurement of raw materials and create a favorable market for producers. U.S. and European wheat futures dropped sharply on the news, both falling around 2%, with …

Press release… With the Development of International Competitiveness Project and TURQUALITY Project, they will reach 500 million dollars of exports in the Asia Pacific market! Stating that they export 10 percent of Türkiye’s fruit and vegetable production, which reaches 60 million tonnes annually, as fresh fruit and vegetables and that …

Press release… Emre Uygun, Chair of the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association (EZZIB), said that the restriction imposed on the export of olive oil in bulk and barrels did not benefit neither the producer and exporter nor the consumer. Emre Uygun Pointing out that the measure imposed on …