Agricultural Economy

Press release… Support to plum and cherry producers from Ödemiş Municipality…“Wholesale Plum and Cherry Bazaar for Mendegümü” opens on June 1… Ödemiş (a district of İzmir province) Municipality creates a wholesale market for the export products plum and cherry grown in five neighborhoods in the Mendegüme region. The wholesale market, …

Press release… Ankara – 28 May, 2020 – Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers (TZOB) President Şemsi Bayraktar, in his written statement, said that natural disasters continue to pursue the farmers and natural disasters affected the agricultural production in 46 provinces in this month. Stating that between 15 May and 25 …

ÇAYKUR has put a quota on daily purchases! ÇAYKUR announced that the daily quota will be applied as 15 kg, excluding the Tirebolu region, on the grounds that the inventory stocks are high. ÇAYKUR, which has made 65 thousand tons of purchases so far in its fresh tea purchase campaign, has …

In the first four months of this year, Brazilian agribusiness exports totaled US$31.40 billion, marking a 5.9% increase year-on-year. The growth of agribusiness exports resulted in an increase in volumes 11.1%, while the index price suffered a drop of 4.7%. According to the Brazilian Department of Trade and International Relations …

Press release… BURSA – Uludağ Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association (UYMSİB) held an online meeting with the participation of members of the Board of Directors along with Beijing Trade Consultancy, Guanco Trade Attaché and company representatives exporting cherries to the People’s Republic of China. UYMSİB continues to hold its …

Turkey stepped up its efforts to expand its agricultural export markets in Asia as the country’s trade ministry enters final stages to receive approval to export fresh fruits to Japan, Thailand, Philippines and others. Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan said Monday that her ministry accelerated its strategic plan to diversify the …

Turkey has not seen any shortage in agricultural product supply during the coronavirus pandemic thanks to measures taken in advance, the agriculture and forestry minister has said, according to a ministry statement. “By means of precautionary measures we have not experienced any disruption in food supply security,” Bekir Pakdemirli was quoted as …

Restaurants across the United States had lost a combined $80 billion in revenues by the end of April and could lose $240 billion by the end of 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to a survey conducted by the National Restaurant Association. The report said that the survey conducted …

Turkey recorded a jump in pasta exports to Europe after Italy, the world’s largest pasta exporter, struggled to handle the rise in demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Turkish producers, however, say a 20-ton annual quota remains a large obstacle to increasing their market share in the European Union. The …

Tea producers in northern Turkey continued their harvest on Sunday, which marked the beginning of Eid al-Fitr, the three-day festival following the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Turkey has imposed a four-day round-the-clock holiday curfew as part of its measures against the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed over 4,200 lives …