Foreign Trade

Mumbai, India: The VAFA Fresh Vegetables & Fruits Exporters Association, in collaboration with Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), will organise an international Reverse Buyer–Seller Meet (RBSM) alongside the 8th Fresh India Show 2026, scheduled to be held on 29–30 May 2026 at the CIDCO Exhibition Centre, …

FAO has raised its latest 2025 production forecast for most major cereals this month, further strengthening indications of a generally favourable supply situation in 2025/26. Global cereal production is now pegged at 3 040 million tonnes, representing an increase of 6.0 percent compared to the previous year. Wheat and maize production estimates …

Press release… The Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association held its 2025 Ordinary Elective General Assembly, electing its new management. In the election, which was conducted with a single list of candidates, Bülent Sarıkaya, representing Sarıkaya Agricultural Products and Transportation Industry Trade Ltd. Co., became the new Chairman of …

Aegean Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Association continues to represent the sector at the 43rd INC World Nut and Dried Fruit Congress. On the first day of the congress held in Macao, our Vice Chairman of the Board, Şemsettin Özgür, participated as a panelist in the “Raisins, Prunes and Cranberries” …

Director-General QU Dongyu addresses the Ministerial Meeting of the MED9++ Countries and calls for coordinated action to address disruptions threatening food security… Press release… 07/05/2026 Rome – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, emphasized today that the global fertilizer scarcity caused by …

Press release… The fisheries sector, one of the star sectors of exports, continued to write a success story in exports during the January-April period of 2026. The Turkish aquaculture sector ramped up its exports by 21 percent to reach 737 million dollars in the January-April period of 2026. The strong …

Press release… Aegean exporters, who have struggled to compete in export markets for the past three years due to the difference between inflation and exchange rates, overcame all difficulties and boosted their exports by 4 percent from 5.926 billion to 6.155 billion dollars in the January-April period of 2026. Members …

Press release… Index also impacted by increases in cereal and rice prices amid disruptions linked to Strait of Hormuz crisis… 08/05/2026 Rome – The benchmark of world food commodity prices rose in April for a third consecutive month amid elevated energy costs and disruptions caused by the conflict in the Near East, …

Press release… A sector board has been formed for the period of 2026-2026 to serve in the fisheries and animal products sector, which meets the world’s protein needs for three meals a day and brings in over 4 billion dollars as foreign currency to Türkiye annually. Left to right – …

Despite regional conflict and economic volatility, Türkiye’s flour industry boosted exports by 37 percent in April compared to the same month last year, according to Mesut Çakmak, president of the Turkish Flour Industrialists’ Federation (TUSAF). Çakmak told state-run Anadolu Agency that exporters shipped 215,800 tonnes of flour in April 2026, up from 156,000 …