Foreign Trade

Saudi Arabia, in a new decision, has officially suspended purchasing animal products from Turkey, Turkish media reported Saturday, citing governmental statements. The information was shared with Turkish daily Dünya by the commercial counselor of Turkey’s embassy in Riyadh, who cited a note from Saudi Arabia’s embassy in the Turkish capital …

Milk producers will breathe thanks to China… Press release… China has become the 6th country to which the dairy industry exports the most in 5 months. The Turkish dairy industry has made a fast entry into China, where it received an export visa in May 2020. Turkey has showed a …

Turkish poultry and poultry products exports to China which were initiated earlier this month as a result of long-term mutual negotiations are set to provide $20 million in added value annually to the national economy, a sectoral official said Friday. Turkish Poultry Meat Manufacturers and Breeders’ Association (BESD-BIR) Chairperson Naci …

Press release… Turkish food exporters participated in China International Import Expo (CIIE) 2020, which was held for the 3rd time this year in the People’s Republic of China, one of their biggest target markets, where they exported 226 million dollars with a 63 percent increase in exports in 2019 and …

Press release… Turkey has made a successful entry into dried apricots 2020-21 season. In the first quarter of the 2020-21 season, Turkey’s dried apricot exports dropped by 13.47 percent on the amount basis, but showed a 8.3 percent increase in foreign exchange basis. The first quarter of the 2020/21 season …

Press release… Year-end target for tomato product group is 650 million dollars whilefresh tomato exports exceed 250 million dollars. Tomato product group exports, in January-October 2020 period, reached 496 million dollars. The prominent countries in fresh tomato market, which surpassed 252 million dollars, were Romania and Ukraine which have experienced …

In the 9 months of the year, 552 million 806 thousand dollars worth of hazelnuts were exported from Trabzon province. According to Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB) data, in the January-September period, 208 thousand 817 tonnes of hazelnuts were exported from Turkey, 1 billion 448 million 555 thousand dollars …

Kemal Kaçmaz, Chairman of the National Citrus Council, said that Turkish citrus has attracted great interest across the world market in recent years. Stating that there are positive developments in citrus exports, Kaçmaz said: “Turkish citrus has shown how ambitious it is with its taste and hygienic production. This development …

Press relase… While Turkey’s exports of fisheries products in January – October period, reaching 159 thousand tonnes in return of 822 million dollars, Turkish salmon exports caught 40 million dollars in 10-month period of 2020 with the increase of 52 percent. Turkish aquaculture industry has developed the Omega-3 high Turkish …

Press release… Dried fruit businesses will focus on lean techniques in production Exporter companies have taken action in order to improve their competencies through lean production techniques and reach 2023 targets in dried fruit sector which is among the healthy products list of the World Health Organization (WHO). With the …