Foreign Trade

No supply shortages of grains are expected due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, two countries that supply a substantial amount of Turkey’s grain imports, the country’s agriculture ministry said. Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine as of Thursday has raised the prospect of tighter supplies in commodities, due to the possibility …

The war in Ukraine is threatening further disruption to already stretched supply chains. Ukraine and Russia may only account for a small proportion of the imports of major manufacturing nations like Germany and the US, but they are essential suppliers of raw materials and energy for many crucial supply chains. Global food prices already rose sharply during …

Wheat prices rose dramatically to over $300 on Thursday after Russia officially launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine by land, air and sea. Futures contracts for March in the United States market for the price of wheat per ton reached around $308, up from $280 on Wednesday. With the intervention, …

Press release… The fresh fruit and vegetable sector faced bans due to pesticides in exports to the Russian Federation, where it realized 1 billion 13 million dollars of its export of 3 billion 82 million dollars in 2021. The Russian Federation has banned the import of grapes, oranges, grapefruit, peppers …

Press release… BURSA – Turkey’s second largest export Association on the basis of the Secretariat General, Uludağ Exporters’ Association (UİB) made an export amounted to 2 billion 354 million 17 thousand dollars in January 2022. UİB’s export figures for January 2022 have been announced… The export amount of UİB, whose …

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visits to Senegal, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Guinea-Bissau are expected to contribute to the opening of new markets for Turkish companies operating in the agricultural sector and to increase the trade volume in this field. Initially, agreements, such as Cooperation Agreement in the …

In the Burhaniye district of Balıkesir province, one of the important olive production centres of Turkiye, olive seeds are used as fuel. Olive seeds, which are in great demand as heating fuel in the domestic market, are also exported to Greece. While the olives brought by the olive producer partners …

Press release… Hüseyin Arslan, Chairman of the Board of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), stated that having the authentic crop is Turkiye’s most important trump card at the centre of the Fertile Crescent in the world pulses market. Noting that the gene resources should be …

Press release… As the leader of the fresh fruit and vegetable sector, Mediterranean Exporters’ Associations (AKİB), which carries out coordinating and secretarial services in Turkiye, took action to eliminate the problems experienced in the export of oranges, fresh grapes, fresh peppers, tangerines, pomegranates and lemons due to drug residues or …

Press release… The positive course of the political relations between Turkiye and the United Arab Emirates is also reflected in the export figures. Turkiye realized an export of 3 billion 121 million dollars with an increase of 66 percent in 2021 to the UAE, to which it exported 1 billion …