Foreign Trade

Drought is impacting cotton production, posing additional risks to Türkiye’s large textile and garment industry which has seen weaker demand since June, according to people from the industry. Cotton The decline in output and drought is impacting Türkiye, which is the world’s fifth-largest producer of textile products, said Ahmet Öksüz, the chair of …

103 ships have departed Ukrainian ports since Aug. 1, Turkish authorities say… More than a million tonnes of grain have been safely shipped from Ukrainian ports since the beginning of August under a historic deal, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said on Saturday. In July, Türkiye, the UN, Russia, and …

Press release… Türkiye, the world leader in pine honey production, ramped up its exports from 15 million dollars to 26.2 million dollars with a spike of 76 percent in the January-July period of 2022. Turkish honey exporters introduced the Turkish beekeeping industry to thousands of industry members from 138 countries …

Press release… Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, along with FRUCOM (European Dry Fruits, Nuts, Canned Foods and Similar Products Trade Federation) officials, organized an information seminar at Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB) in order to provide briefing to its members about the studies carried out in the EU, food …

Press release… Exporting sectors, which supply their inputs with dollars and realize their exports in Euro, have been going through difficult times recently due to the negative course of the Euro/Dollar parity. The euro/dollar parity, which was at the level of 1.18 in July 2021, has been following a course …

A total of 33 cargo ships carrying around 719,549 tons of foodstuffs have left Ukraine under a deal brokered by the United Nations and Türkiye to unblock Ukrainian seaports, the Ukrainian Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday. The Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) in Türkiye monitoring the implementation of the agreement puts …

Four more ships left Ukrainian ports under the July 22 Istanbul grain export deal, the Turkish Defense Ministry said on Sunday. Two ships departed from the Ukrainian port of Chernomorsk, while the others from Odessa and Yuzhny ports, the ministry said on Twitter. It added that a ship coming from …

Türkiye’s aquaculture exports have increased 75 percent in the past 5 years to $1.4 billion, already exceeding the target of $1 billion previously set for 2023. Last year, the industry’s exports grew by 19 percent to 239,000 tons in volume, while revenues increased by 30 percent to $1.37 billion. Türkiye …

Flower producers in India want to cooperate with producers in the Turkish Mediterranean city of Antalya, the country’s flower production hub, in order to increase production in their country, Srikanth Bollapally, head of Indian Florists’ Council (GFCI), said Sunday. Srikanth Bollapally Bollapally and the members of the GFCI met with …

Türkiye’s fresh fruit and vegetable exports exceeded $155 million in July, while the share of exporters in the Mediterranean region in total revenues was $54.4 million, according to a trading group. Last month, the country delivered 179,400 tons of produce to foreign markets, said Ferhat Gürüz, the head of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruits and …