Foreign Trade

The Agriculture and Forestry Ministry has dismissed claims in some media outlets suggesting that Turkiye is importing wheat from India. “Turkiye is self-sufficient and one of the top 10 countries in the world in agriculture production. It easily meets food demand from its growing population, thanks to its strong agriculture infrastructure,” the ministry said in …

Global wheat prices increased after India banned wheat exports on Friday. Wheat futures prices traded in Chicago rose 5.9 percent to $12.47 and hit the highest levels of the last two months. According to the news of the Reuters agency, corn prices increased by 2 percent and soybean prices increased …

Fruit and vegetable growers in the southern province of Antalya have been enjoying a revival in demand for their produce from Russia. Initially, Farmers in the provinces were adversely affected by the war between Russia and Ukraine. Exports from the western Mediterranean region to Russia, a major market for Turkiye, declined by 45 percent in …

Press release… The 2.5-year longing for exports in white poppy, one of Turkiye’s traditional export products, is over. Turkish white poppy received export visa to India, the largest export market. Exporting companies loaded their products on ships to send them to India after a break of 2.5 years. The sector …

Press release… FAO Director-General calls for approaches to prevent an even greater crisis at 33rd FAO Regional Conference in Poland… 11/05/2022 Lodz, Poland/Rome – Ministers and high-level representatives from across Europe and Central Asia met today at the FAO Regional Conference for Europe (ERC33) to discuss not only the implications of …

Turkiye’s milk and dairy products exports reached 500 million dollars! İsa Coşkun, Chairperson of Turkiye Milk, Meat, Food Industrialists and Producers’ Association (SETBIR), which carries out the EU-supported “Milk is Valuable” project, said that in 2021, 233 thousand tonnes of milk and dairy products were exported for 487 million dollars. …

The third harvest ceremony was held for gum (mastic) trees as part of the ‘Gum Dripping from Çeşme’ project. Stating that they increased the number of gum trees in the region to 2,000 in a short time, İzmir’s Çeşme District Mayor M. Ekrem Oran said, “We have 10 times the …

After Russia took control of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports to a large extent, its grain ships were stranded in Kyiv and started to send grain to world markets from the neighboring Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta. Due to the blockade imposed by Russia on Ukrainian ports, Ukrainian manufacturers continue …

Antalya Commodity Exchange Chairman Ali Çandır announced that Antalya province has 7 percent of the strawberry production areas and 9 percent of the production amount in Turkiye.Ali Çandır, Chairman of the Board of Antalya Commodity Exchange (ATB) and Antalya Agriculture Council (ATAK), stated that Antalya has 9 percent of Turkiye’s …

Ukraine’s wheat production is likely to be down by at least a third from last year due to the Russian invasion, a data analysis firm that uses satellite imagery said Friday. Ukraine is a major producer and exporter of wheat, but the invasion has disrupted planting, which is still underway, …