Foreign Trade

Press release… Muhammet Öztürk, Chairperson of Aegean Grains, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Exporters’ Association; “We should concentrate on food production, there is a demand in the world” Muhammet Öztürk Muhammet Öztürk said that after the pandemic, it turned out that being able to manufacture food products is a great …

Unfavourable weather conditions, plant diseases cause supply issues, while news of farmers smuggling cocoa beans for profit influence prices upward… ISTANBUL, June, 2024… Cocoa prices have again hit 10,000 dollars per tonne due to supply and production concerns in Ghana.  Prices skyrocketed in April because factories in Ghana and the …

Press release… While the fisheries and animal products sector is represented by 21 companies in the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM) Top 1000 exporters list, Aegean fisheries and animal products exporters dominated the list with 11 companies. Sinan Kızıltan The Fisheries and Animal Products Sector, which has been among the star …

Oba Makarna (Pasta), which achieved an export revenue of 394.6 million dollars in 2023, became the leader in the “Türkiye’s Top Thousand Exporters 2023” survey. Alpaslan Özgüçlü Oba Makarna CEO Alpaslan Özgüçlü stated that they realise 25 percent of pasta production in the country and said, “As Oba pasta, we …

Press release… FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE EXPORTS SOARED BY 14 PERCENT IN MAY AND REACHED 284 MILLION DOLLARS… Ferhat Gürüz Ferhat Gürüz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, announced that Türkiye’s fresh fruit and vegetable exports soared by 14 percent in …

Press release… In the 2023/24 season, exports of seedless raisins, dried apricots and dried figs, in which Türkiye is the world leader in production and exports, soared by 8 percent from 933 million dollars to 1 billion 7 million dollars and the 1 billion dollar threshold was exceeded. Dried figs …

İbrahim Yumaklı, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, reported that Türkiye, with 23.9 million hectares of cultivated agricultural land, continues to be the first agricultural country in Europe in terms of agricultural output by exporting as well as meeting the food needs of the country’s population exceeding 85 million and tourists …

Chicago wheat fell again Monday, remaining close to Friday’s five-week lows, as Türkiye’s ban on imports triggered worries about reduced demand and intensified competition with Black Sea supplies in export markets. Corn rose after Friday’s losses, while soybeans fell. The Chicago Board of Trade’s (CBOT) most-active wheat Wv1 fell 0.4% …

The UK became the first country to impose a ban on live animal exports through the Animal Welfare (Live Animal Exports) Act. June, 2024… A new ban on live animal exports has come into force in the UK with the Royal Assent of the Animal Welfare (Live Animal Exports) Act, …

Press release… In the 2023/24 season, exports of seedless raisins, dried apricots and dried figs, in which Türkiye is the world leader in production and exports, soared by 8 percent from 933 million dollars to 1 billion 7 million dollars and the 1 billion dollar threshold was exceeded. Mehmet Ali …