Foreign Trade

Press release… Mehmet Ali Işık, Head of Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, said that the Turkish food sector exported food products worth 26 billion dollars in the 100th anniversary of the Republic. Işık also stated that they want to grow in markets such as Japan, China and India …

Press release… Turkish spice exporters, the world leader in the production and export of oregano and laurel, started 2024 with an increase of 51 percent. The spice sector ramped up its exports from 56 million dollars to 86 million dollars in the January-February period. Aegean exporters realised 54 million dollars …

Press release… Haluk Tezcan, Head of the Turkish Flour Industrialists’ Association (TUSAF), said that Turkish flour is used in cakes, pizzas, pastas, breads, cakes and cookies in world cuisines. Haluk Tezcan “We touch 8 billion people in some way and we will continue to do so. Indeed, this leadership is …

Aykut Göymen, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Turkish Pasta Industrialists’ Association (TMSD) said that pasta is a semi-prepared foodstuff obtained by mixing semolina obtained from durum wheat in Türkiye with water and giving desired shapes and drying; one of the factors affecting the quality of pasta is the …

Press release… Ferhat Gürüz, Head of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, said that they aim to penetrate into Chinese market… Ferhat Gürüz Noting that they travelled to China in the last week of January with a delegation of 25 people headed by Tayfun Kılıç, Deputy General Director …

Press release… The total exports of the cereals, pulses, oil seeds and products sector, which covers basic food products such as biscuits and cakes, wheat flour, vegetable oils, sugary and cocoa products and pasta, totalled 2.1 billion dollars at the end of the first two months of the year. The …

Press release… Stating that dried fruit production in the Aegean Region has shown a great increase in the last 30 years, Mehmet Ali Işık, Chair of the Aegean Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Association, said, “Our production of 100 thousand tonnes of seedless raisins has reached 300 thousand tonnes today. …

TOKYO… Over 50 Turkish firms are taking part in the ongoing Foodex Japan fair held in the capital Tokyo. The four-day Foodex Japan, one of the largest food fairs in Asia, opened its doors on Tuesday at the Big Sight campus on the Tokyo coast. In a special Turkish pavilion …

With a well-organised cashew sector, Côte d’Ivoire is the world’s largest exporter of raw cashew nuts. The country also has the potential to process the raw nuts into cashew kernels by origin. Importers from the European Union (EU) are interested in locally processed, traceable, high-quality cashew kernels. Centre for the …

Following the export record set last year, the fruits and vegetables sector continues to maintain momentum with a nearly 90% growth in the first month of 2024. With this optimistic start, the agriculture industry also anticipates that fruit and vegetable exports will bring in billions of dollars this year. In …