Grains and Pulses

The wheat to be purchased from Russia within the scope of the grain corridor will be processed in Türkiye and sent to underdeveloped countries, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Vahit Kirişci has said. “The president [Recep Tayyip Erdoğan] wishes to give the wheat we bought for free as bulgur and flour for free,” Kirişçi told reporters on …

Senior United Nations officials plan to meet members of a high-level Russian delegation in Geneva on Friday to discuss the Ukraine grain deal, a U.N. spokesperson said. “They will continue ongoing consultations in support of the efforts by the Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the full implementation of the two agreements …

Press release… Veysel Memiş, Chairman of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB) said that they exported pulses, pastry products and vegetable oils the most. Evaluating the region’s exports by product groups as of the third quarter, Chairman Veysel Memiş said that AHBİB member exporters achieved the …

Russia has said it is suspending its participation in the agreement to ensure the continuation of Ukrainian grain exports — vital for food supplies to poor countries — linking the decision to a drone attack on Russian ships in occupied Crimea on Saturday morning. The defence ministry announced the move, and …

Press release… Veysel Memiş, Chairman of the Board of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), announced that they realized an export of 1.45 billion dollars between January and September 2022 with an increase of 38 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. Emphasizing …

The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and his team are working to extend the Ukraine grain deal, which was mediated by the world body and Türkiye, and could expire next month. Antonio Guterres “We’re trying to remove the uncertainty to ensure that people are publicly saying that ‘yes, this will …

Press release… Aegean Cereals, Pulses and Oilseeds Exporters’ Association, which has been successful in exports, increased its exports to 687 million dollars with a spike of 64 percent in the January-August period of 2022. Muhammet Öztürk In the last one-year period from September 25, 2021 to September 24, 2022, exports …

Since Aug. 1, more than 170 ships have carried over 4M tonnes of agricultural products through grain corridor… Six more ships have left Ukrainian ports under the historic Istanbul grain export deal, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said on Saturday.  A ministry statement did not disclose the ships’ points of …

US says Russia has exacerbated global food security crisis… ISTANBUL The US said late Thursday that the historic Istanbul grain agreement for safe exports from Ukrainian ports brought down global food prices by bringing over 2.7 million metric tonnes of grain to world markets. In a press release, the State …

Ahmet Tiryakioğlu, Chairman of the Board of Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products of the Turkish Exporters’ Assembly, stated that the export figures, which reached 7.2 billion dollars in the first eight months of the year, will reach 13 billion dollars in their year-end targets. Tiryakioğlu said, “Our export expectations …