Agricultural Economy

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 …

Türkiye’s momentum in aquaculture production has continued as the nation registered a fresh record last year, the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday, citing the data published earlier by the country’s statistical authority. İbrahim Yumaklı “The total production of aquatic products in 2023 reached 1.7 million …

Ankara University Veterinary Faculty Dean Professor Dr. Ender Yarsan reported that the amount of honey production in 2023 is 114 thousand 886 tonnes. Dr. Ender Yarsan said that Türkiye has the largest flora in Europe with more than 10 thousand flowering plant species. Dr. Ender Yarsan “Approximately 3 thousand of …

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 …

Anchovy has taken the top spot in fishing in the Turkish seas with 1,632,361 tons caught in the last 10 years, followed by sprat, sardine, bonito, horse mackerel and bluefish, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) has announced. Anchovy In addition to the catch of anchovies, the past decade showed 372,723 tons of sprat, …

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 …

The foreign dependency of the Turkish pasta sector in production has ended thanks to the high yield of durum wheat in recent years. Aykut Göymen, Head of Turkish Pasta Industrialists’ Association (TMSD), said that around 4 million 300 thousand tonnes of durum wheat was harvested last year. Göymen stated that …