Foreign Trade

Press release… Veysel Memiş, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), announced that they exported 184.4 million dollars in February with a hike of 29 percent compared to the same period last year. Veysel Memiş Stating that the countries …

Press release… Davut Er, Head of the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association (EZZİB), who informed that the Turkish olive sector ramped up its exports to Japan by 57 percent from 18.5 million dollars to 29 million dollars in 2023, said that olive oil consumption in Japan has increased …

Press release… Participating in the Foodex Fair held in Japan between 5-8 March 2024, Bedri Girit, Head of the Aegean Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Association, said that the Japanese make sushi with Turkish tuna. Bedri Girit Noting that the historical ties between Türkiye and Japan, the wide and high …

Press release… Mehmet Ali Işık, Head of Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, said that the Turkish food sector exported food products worth 26 billion dollars in the 100th anniversary of the Republic. Işık also stated that they want to grow in markets such as Japan, China and India …

Press release… Turkish spice exporters, the world leader in the production and export of oregano and laurel, started 2024 with an increase of 51 percent. The spice sector ramped up its exports from 56 million dollars to 86 million dollars in the January-February period. Aegean exporters realised 54 million dollars …

Press release… Haluk Tezcan, Head of the Turkish Flour Industrialists’ Association (TUSAF), said that Turkish flour is used in cakes, pizzas, pastas, breads, cakes and cookies in world cuisines. Haluk Tezcan “We touch 8 billion people in some way and we will continue to do so. Indeed, this leadership is …

Aykut Göymen, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Turkish Pasta Industrialists’ Association (TMSD) said that pasta is a semi-prepared foodstuff obtained by mixing semolina obtained from durum wheat in Türkiye with water and giving desired shapes and drying; one of the factors affecting the quality of pasta is the …

Press release… Ferhat Gürüz, Head of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, said that they aim to penetrate into Chinese market… Ferhat Gürüz Noting that they travelled to China in the last week of January with a delegation of 25 people headed by Tayfun Kılıç, Deputy General Director …

Press release… The total exports of the cereals, pulses, oil seeds and products sector, which covers basic food products such as biscuits and cakes, wheat flour, vegetable oils, sugary and cocoa products and pasta, totalled 2.1 billion dollars at the end of the first two months of the year. The …

Press release… Stating that dried fruit production in the Aegean Region has shown a great increase in the last 30 years, Mehmet Ali Işık, Chair of the Aegean Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Association, said, “Our production of 100 thousand tonnes of seedless raisins has reached 300 thousand tonnes today. …