Foreign Trade

Partnership between Turkey, Africa based on mutual benefits, cooperation, says Bekir Pakdemirli… Turkey’s agriculture and forestry minister on Friday urged the African Union to act collectively for food security. “The African Union, which constitutes one-sixth of world population, must act collectively to be more resilient against the possible new threats,” …

The exports made by the Eastern Anatolian Exporters’ Association (DAİB) member companies in November increased by 1.75 percent compared to the same month of the previous year and reached 227 million 191 thousand dollars. According to the compilation made from the data of the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM) and DAİB, …

Press release… Nejdat Sin, Chair Coordinator of the Mediterranean Exporters’ Associations (AKİB) and Chairperson of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, stated that Turkey exported 367.9 million dollars of fresh fruit and vegetables in November and they achieved remarkable increases in the Libyan and Indian markets. Emphasizing that …

Press release… Hüseyin Arslan, Chairman of the Board of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), stated that they achieved an export of 160.2 million dollars in November by increasing 44 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. Noting that the increases in freight …

Gülle: The exports of our industry reached 270 million dollars İsmail Gülle, Chair of the Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TİM) said that 235,000 tonnes of olive oil harvest is expected for the 2021/22 season. İsmail Gülle Gülle said, “There is an increase of 32 percent in this field compared to last …

Reminding that 70 percent of the banana consumed 20 years ago was imported, WPC-Walnut Chairman Berk Noyan said, “Now, domestic production meets 90 percent of the demand. We wrote a success story in bananas, we can also do it in walnuts.” Berk Noyan Turkey, which ranks third after China and …

Press release… Double happiness in chestnut export. Turkey’s chestnut exports soared by 31 percent from 5 thousand 164 tonnes to 6 thousand 781 tonnes in the January-November period of 2021, while the amount of foreign exchange obtained from chestnuts increased by 79 percent from 13.2 million dollars to 23.7 million …

Call for “Geographical indication” to increase food exports! Stating that a geographical indication is also a sign of the development of a country, Chairperson of the Geographical Indications Research Association (YÜCİDER) Professor Dr. Yavuz Tekelioğlu said, “In order to increase our food exports, we need to take the geographical indication …

Goods produced in Turkey will be labeled “Made in Türkiye” and local institutions will use “Türkiye” as the country’s name in all sorts of official correspondence and activities, according to a presidential decree. “The word Türkiye represents and expresses the culture, civilization and values of the Turkish nation in the bestway,” read …

Turkey and Iran Grain imports increased hugely year-on-year in August 2021, while large exporters such as the US or Brazil, and major importers like China or Spain, were receding. As Turkey and Iran are very arid countries, they necessarily rely on Grain imports to add to their Grain production. Domestic …