Foreign Trade

Press release… Şemsettin Özgür, Chair of the Sectoral Council of the Turkish Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Associations, emphasised that they would be concentrating on China and India as target markets and that one of their key priorities would be to improve quality and food safety. Chairman Özgür, who stated …

Press release… Strawberries, a value-added product within the fresh fruit category exported to around 40 countries in both fresh and frozen forms, saw a 56 percent spike in exports across Türkiye during the January–April 2026 period. Türkiye’s total strawberry exports rose to 20,871,000 dollars in the first four months. Cengiz …

Press release… Hayrettin Uçak, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, has been elected Chairman of the Turkish Fruit and Vegetable Products Sector Council for the 2026–30 term. The Council is expected to generate 2.5 billion dollars in foreign exchange for Türkiye …

Press release… Exporters from the Aegean region met with commercial counsellors who have served for four years in various parts of the world to help Türkiye achieve its export targets. At the “Commercial Counsellors’ Meeting” organised by the Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB), 10 commercial counsellors held over 150 bilateral business …

The Turkish Carpet Sector organised the “Malaysia Carpet URGE Delegation” between 11 and 14 May 2026 to strengthen its position in Malaysia, one of its target markets. Nine companies took part in the mission, which was organised as part of the “Carpet UR-GE Project” – an initiative led by the …

Press release… Exports from the cereals, pulses, oilseeds and processed products sector—which continues to lead the way with a 31.1 per cent share of total exports from South-Eastern Anatolia—reached 1.2 billion dollars in the first four months of the year. Compared to the same period last year, the region’s grain …

Press release… A new era has dawned for Türkiye’s fresh fruit and vegetable exports. The Sector Council of the Turkish Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Associations, the sector’s umbrella organisation, held its first meeting in Mersin, hosted by the coordinating body, the Mediterranean Exporters’ Associations (AKİB), to chart a course …

Press release… According to data shared by the Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TİM), the cereals, pulses, oilseeds and processed products sector, encompassing basic food items such as sunflower oil, chocolate and cocoa products, pasta, biscuits and wafers, confectionery and wheat flour, exported 3.9 billion dollars worth of goods in the first …

Press release… The continued restrictions on poultry meat exports have sounded alarm bells in a sector experiencing record production growth. Ali Can Yamanyılmaz, Vice Chair of the Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TİM) Sectors Council and the Mediterranean Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Association (ASHİB), stated that keeping export channels closed could …

Press release… Veysel Memiş, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Association of Exporters of Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Their Products (AHBİB), announced that they had achieved exports worth 409.2 million dollars in the first quarter of the year. New stars in exports: Ukraine, Djibouti and South Korea… …