Foreign Trade

On April 27, 2022, the Turkish Government published new Biosafety Decision approvals for the importof genetically engineered (GE) soybean and corn. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MinAF)approved two new soybean events and two new corn events for feed and cancelled the approvals of three corn events and one soybean …

Press release… The Ordinary Elective General Assembly of Uludağ Fruit and Vegetable Products Exporters’ Association (UMSMİB) was held; in the election with a single list, Özkan Kamiloğlu was re-elected as the Chairperson. Speaking at the General Assembly, UMSMIB Chairperson Özkan Kamiloğlu evaluated the epidemic process and the sector. Pointing out …

AfDB has developed $1.5B Africa Emergency Food Plan which is pending approval by bank’s top management… James Tasamba… KIGALI, Rwanda… The Russia-Ukraine war has disrupted wheat exports, driving wheat prices up by 60% in Africa, the president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) said Tuesday, warning that the continent will …

Rating agency anticipates inflation to moderate in second half of 2023… Inflation is expected to remain high in most of the world during 2022, due to rising food and fuel prices and supply chain disruptions, Moody’s said Monday. The global rating agency said in a report that it anticipates inflation …

Indonesia announced on Friday a ban on palm oil exports in a bid to stymie the soaring domestic price of cooking oil.Palm oil is the most produced, consumed and traded edible oil in the world.The price of cooking oil has risen substantially as a result of the conflict in Ukraine. …

Press release… Mehmet Ali Işık has become the first Chairman of the Board from the organic sector… At the General Assembly of the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association held in the Aegean Exporters’ Association, Mehmet Ali Işık was elected as the Chairman of the Board of Directors by …

Ukrainian farmers have sown 2.5 million hectares of spring crops so far in 2022, 20% of the expected area, the agriculture ministry said on Thursday, adding that areas of intense conflict could see a drop of 70% of the sowing area. Ukraine has said the 2022 spring sowing area could …

Press release… Ferhat Gürüz was elected as the Chairman of the Board of Directors at the 2021 Ordinary General Assembly Meeting of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, which is affiliated to the Mediterranean Exporters’ Associations (AKİB). “The Fruit and Vegetable Academy we will establish will shape the …

Press release… The joy of Russia in the fresh fruit and vegetable sector… The fresh fruit and vegetable sector surpassed the restrictions on exports to the Russian Federation, where it realized 1 billion 14 million dollars of its exports of 3 billion 83 million dollars in 2021. While the Russian …

Press release… Yüksel Akgöl was elected as the Chairman of the Board of Directors at the 2021 Ordinary Elective General Assembly Meeting of the Mediterranean Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Association (ASHİB), a member of the Mediterranean Exporters’ Associations (AKİB). Yüksel Akgöl Yüksel Akgöl, the new Chairman of ASHİB’s Board …