Foreign Trade

Russia may increase the quota of tomatoes imported from Turkiye by 50,000 tons, according to reports. Russian news agency Interfax said the country may increase the tomato import quota from Turkiye, which is currently 300,000 tons, to 350,000 tons. Russia’s Agriculture Ministry is preparing a new draft regarding the import …

The American agricultural industry posted its highest annual export levels ever recorded in 2021, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced. The final 2021 trade data published by the Department of Commerce shows that exports of U.S. farm and food products to the world totaled $177 billion, topping the 2020 total …

Press release… Exports from the provinces of the Eastern Black Sea Region (Trabzon, Artvin, Rize and Gümüşhane) which is under the jurisdiction of our General Secretariat of Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB), amounted to 106 million 783 thousand 758 dollars in January 2022. Exports from our Region in January …

Food exports from Turkiye to the United States increased by 76 percent from 68 million dollars to 120 million dollars in January 2022. On the other hand, while the USA’s food demand from Turkiye soared by 35 percent from 810 million dollars to 1 billion 94 million dollars in 2021, …

On January 27, 2022, the Turkish government published a new regulation delegating specific authorityfor the decision to implement export bans on a list of agricultural commodities during 2022 to theMinistry of Agriculture and Forestry (MinAF). Although MinAF has not yet instituted any export bansfor these 20 products, this authorization allows …

The fact that the farmer interest was intense in the tractor market, which contracted 2 years ago after the fluctuation in the foreign currency, and had a good period last season, pleased the manufacturers. TürkTraktör Commercial Deputy General Manager Ahmet Canbeyli stated that they had an active period with new …

While world coffee reserves plunged to the lowest level in more than two decades and deliveries fall amid high shipping costs, dwindling amounts held in reserves will keep coffee prices near record levels. As Bloomberg reported, stockpiles of high-end arabica beans, a favorite of artisan coffee shops and chains like …

Export of 847 million dollars from the cereal sector in January… The cereal industry exported 847.6 million dollars in January. The sector achieved an export increase of 41.5 percent in this period. Kazım Taycı, Chairman of the Board of Tayaş Gıda, said, “As an industry, we achieved an increase of …

Container problem caused a decrease in Turkiye’s fish meal and oil exports… Exports of fish meal and oil from Turkiye in 2021 decreased by 65 percent in quantity and 58 percent in value, compared to the previous year, due to the shortage of containers faced by exporters as a global …