Foreign Trade

Türkiye’s fruit juice producers have voiced optimism that the industry is well positioned to almost double its export revenues to $1 billion, according to people from the sector. “More than 45 factories operate in the local fruit juice sector across the country. Exports exhibited an increase of 13 percent on an annual …

Türkiye doesn’t just want to sell to Africa, it wants to help, says event organizer… ANKARA… Turkish and Nigerian investors came together on Monday for the Africa Food Safety Congress in the Turkish capital Ankara. The organizers, Window of Turkey, held sessions on agriculture, livestock, trade, industry, energy, contraction, construction, …

Press release… Aegean Cereals, Pulses and Oilseeds Exporters’ Association, which has been successful in exports, increased its exports to 687 million dollars with a spike of 64 percent in the January-August period of 2022. Muhammet Öztürk In the last one-year period from September 25, 2021 to September 24, 2022, exports …

With its annual 800,000 tons of aquaculture production in the past three years, Türkiye has ranked first among European Union countries, according to data from the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry. Sea bass Some 328,000 tons of this production in 2021 came from hunting and 472,000 tons from aquafarming. As production rose, the industry’s exports …

Since Aug. 1, more than 170 ships have carried over 4M tonnes of agricultural products through grain corridor… Six more ships have left Ukrainian ports under the historic Istanbul grain export deal, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said on Saturday.  A ministry statement did not disclose the ships’ points of …

Ali Eroğlu, Chairman of the Central Council of the Turkish Veterinary Medical Association (TVHB), stated that the decision to ban the export of milk powder until the end of 2022 could adversely affect the livestock sector and asked for the ban to be lifted. Eroğlu, in his statement, underlined that …

As dominance over food markets shifts east towards countries like India and China, four to six companies influence the global market in key sectors, agricultural research and policy decisions, a new report by ETC group has found. The Food Barons 2022 report, which has been released just weeks ahead of …

ANKARA A survey of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Türkiye found that most consider the green deal an opportunity, while some fear it instead might be a risk, showing a lack of awareness, according to a report released Thursday at a Green Transition summit in the capital Ankara.  Türkiye …

Across Northern and Western Europe, vegetable producers are contemplating halting their activities because of the financial hit from Europe’s energy crisis, further threatening food supplies. Surging power and gas prices will impact crops grown through the winter in heated greenhouses such as tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers, and those which need …

Flower growers in the southern provinces of Antalya and Isparta are still busy trying to meet soaring demand from the U.K. amid the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Demand from the florists in Britain for cut flowers in Antalya has soared 90 percent and planeloads of carnations have already been sent to the U.K. This …