Foreign Trade

Press release… Mustafa Özen: “Illegal construction is a threat in cherry orchards” Stating that İzmir province is the first in Turkiye with a cherry production of nearly 90 thousand tonnes, İzmir Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Director Mustafa Özen emphasized that Kemalpaşa district ranks first with an annual cherry production of …

Turkiye earned 7 million dollars in two months from honey exports… In January-February 2022, 7 million 131 thousand 895 dollars worth of honey was sold to 36 countries from Turkiye. Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association (DKİB) Deputy Chairman of the Board Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan said that 2,844 …

While the prices in Turkey have skyrocketed, striking data on livestock and meat exports! CHP’s (Republican People’s Party) Özgür Karabat added new ones to the claim that 2.5 million sheep and goats were sent to Qatar as carcasses, either live or slaughtered. According to Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TIM) data, in …

Osman Parlak, Deputy Chairman of the Fisheries Centre Union and Chairman of Samsun-Sinop Region Fisheries Breeders’ Association, said that the war between Russia and Ukraine had severely disrupted the 250 million dollar Turkish Salmon market, especially to Russia. Osman Parlak said, “We export 80 percent of Turkish salmon to Russia. …

EU gave a surplus of 47 billion Euros in agricultural trade… EU countries exported 197 billion Euros of agricultural products last year, as well as imported 150 billion Euros. The European Union (EU) had a surplus of 47 billion Euros from agricultural product trade last year. In this regard, the …

While the countries of the world put a quota in the export of food products against the food crisis experienced firstly due to the pandemic and then the war between Ukraine and Russia, Turkiye continues to do the opposite. Recently, there has been an increase of more than 450 percent …

Reuters writer Pavel Polityuk reported yesterday that, “Ukraine’s spring crop sowing area may more than halve this year from 2021 levels to some 7 million hectares,  its Agriculture Minister Roman Leshchenko said on Tuesday, versus 15 million hectares expected before the Russian invasion. Roman Leshchenko “He said farmers could sow …

Ministry of Commerce took action! Red meat will not be exported… Meat and Milk Board (ESK) had marked up red meat by 48 percent. It was stated by experts that the continuation of the hikes would come. Recently, it was also claimed that Qatar and Iran imported large amounts of …

Press release… The first 5 companies that realized nearly half of Aydın’s exports, which exceeded 1 billion dollars in 2021 for the first time in its history, were presented with the Stars of Aydın Export Award Ceremony. The province of both agriculture and industry: İzmir is the place where exports …

Even before the Russian army crossed into Ukraine, food prices had been on the rise for the past year. But the world has seen large jumps in the cost of food over the the last two months… Globally, food is 20 per cent more expensive now than it was a year ago, …