Grains and Pulses

Press release… Soaring cocoa prices on the agenda of chocolate exporters… Turkish Food Exporters made evaluations on cocoa prices, which reached a historical peak by exceeding 10,000 dollars per tonne due to factors such as climate change and drought. Ahmet Tiryakioğlu Pointing out that the export of chocolate and cocoa-containing …

Türkiye’s remarkable success as a durum wheat exporter has prevented pasta enthusiasts from enduring another year of price increases, positioning the country to maintain its vital role as a critical supplier of the valued ingredient in Mediterranean cuisine. Durum wheat On track to be the world’s second-largest durum exporter in …

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı said that in the 2023-2024 campaign period, 9 million 60 thousand tonnes of beet was processed and 1 million 161 thousand 100 tonnes of sugar was produced. “As by-products, 418 thousand 800 tonnes of molasses and 2 million 905 thousand 709 tonnes of …

ISTANBUL… After a record 3.66 million tonnes in flour exports in 2023, this year Türkiye aims to top four million tonnes, said the head of the International Association of Operative Millers (IAOM) on Thursday. Eren Günhan Ulusoy Eren Günhan Ulusoy, Head of IAOM, states Turkish flour producers export products to …

Abdullah Özdemir, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mersin Commodity Exchange and Chair of the Turkish National Pulses Council, said that in the last 35 years, while the cultivated areas of pulses have soared by 38 percent in the world, pulses production has soared by 70 percent. Abdullah Özdemir …

Press release… Record hike of 195 percent in sesame exports! Sesame, which adds flavour to a wide range of food products from Turkish bagels to chicken dishes, salads to breads, tahini to pastries, cookies to Ramadan pita bread, stands out as an important export item for Türkiye. Turkish bagel (simit) …

Press release… Ahmet Tiryakioğlu, Chairman of the Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TIM) Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Sector Board, said that that such periods, when global prices decline while production increases, also provide opportunities for raw material imports. Sunflower seed “Sunflower seed is more abundant compared to previous years. Considering …

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… 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 …