Foreign Trade

Press release… July 2026… Ali Fuat Gürle, Chair of the Aegean Furniture, Paper and Forest Products Exporters’ Association, stated that they have left behind the first half of 2026, a period in which the uncertainties in global trade and rising production costs continued to affect the exporters. A 34 percent …

Türkiye’s fresh fruit and vegetable export revenue climbed 39 percent year-on-year to a record 2.35 billion dollars in the first half of 2026, exceeding 2 billion dollars for the first time in a January-June period. Exporters shipped 1.72 million tonnes of produce, about 92,000 tonnes less than a year earlier, but earned …

July 2026… The West African producers from Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon met in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, on 16 July, where they signed a joint declaration to work toward more local processing of cocoa butter and powder while discouraging raw cocoa exports. Beyond local processing, they pledged to …

Press release… July 2026… Analysis finds supply and demand shocks drive most price swings, with producers and consumers affected differently… Rome – International prices of coffee, cocoa and tea have recently experienced large fluctuations, exacerbated by structural vulnerabilities, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the …

Press release… July 2026… Yusuf Gabay, Sustainability and Organic Products Coordinator at the Aegean Exporters’ Associations and Chairman of the Aegean Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Association, stated that Türkiye is a reliable supplier in global markets for seedless dried grapes, dried figs and dried apricots in global markets not …

Press release… July 2026… Aegean fresh fruit and vegetable exporters, who supply over a hundred products—ranging from citrus fruits to figs and from grapes to tomato paste and pickles—to global markets, ramped up their exports by 2 percent to 572 million dollars in the first half of 2026. Fresh fruit …

The price of wheat per bushel rose to as high as 7.0850 dollars on international markets today, reaching a two-year high. ISTANBUL… July 2026… Whilst grain markets are seeing rises due to geopolitical risks and concerns over weather conditions in the US, wheat is among the commodities attracting the most …

Anchovies found buyers in 20 countries in the first half of the year… Anchovies, which are also exported from Türkiye as processed products, found their way onto dining tables in 20 countries during the first six months of the year. TRABZON… July 2026… According to a compilation by an Anatolian …

July 2026… The cereal sector in the Southeastern Anatolia region, which ranks first nationwide by accounting for 30.9 percent of total cereal exports on its own, saw exports reach 1.8 billion dollars in the first six months. Exports from the cereals, pulses, oilseeds and processed products sector in the Southeastern …

Press release… July 2026… The cereals, pulses and oilseeds sector is targeting a spike in exports in the second half of 2026… With a wide range of products—from baked goods to cereals, vegetable oils to cat and dog food, pulses to confectionery and spices to oilseeds—the Aegean Exporters’ Associations achieved …