Grains and Pulses

No supply shortages of grains are expected due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, two countries that supply a substantial amount of Turkey’s grain imports, the country’s agriculture ministry said. Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine as of Thursday has raised the prospect of tighter supplies in commodities, due to the possibility …

The war in Ukraine is threatening further disruption to already stretched supply chains. Ukraine and Russia may only account for a small proportion of the imports of major manufacturing nations like Germany and the US, but they are essential suppliers of raw materials and energy for many crucial supply chains. Global food prices already rose sharply during …

Press release… Hüseyin Arslan, Chairman of the Board of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), stated that having the authentic crop is Turkiye’s most important trump card at the centre of the Fertile Crescent in the world pulses market. Noting that the gene resources should be …

Bread has been among the most basic foods of mankind for thousands of years… Dr. Murat Baş Mentioning that bread is a member of the grain group, that is, foods such as bulghur, pasta, rice and bread are in the same group, Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University Faculty of Health …

Export of 847 million dollars from the cereal sector in January… The cereal industry exported 847.6 million dollars in January. The sector achieved an export increase of 41.5 percent in this period. Kazım Taycı, Chairman of the Board of Tayaş Gıda, said, “As an industry, we achieved an increase of …

On January 27, 2022, the Turkish government published a regulation (2022/1) that granted the TurkishMinistry of Agriculture and Forestry (MinAF) the authority to restrict the export of twenty (20)agricultural products in order to decrease domestic food inflation. As of writing, MinAF has not limitedexports of any of these products, but …

Press release… Agricultural associations within Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB) continue to announce their export targets… Aegean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association was the one that increased its exports the most among the 7 agricultural associations within the EİB in 2021. Emphasizing that the pandemic surged the demand for …

The target is to exceed 1 billion dollars in foreign sales by 2022… Indicating that the industry is targeting 1 billion dollars in foreign sales this year, Abdülkadir Külahçıoğlu, Chair of Pasta Industrialists Association of Turkiye, said, “We will take firm steps towards the 1 billion dollar export target that …

Press release… Hüseyin Arslan, Chairman of the Board of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), said that they should concentrate on production increase, derivative products and promotion of original products. Arslan said that Turkey should increase its agricultural production capacity in cereals and pulses products and …

Antalya Organized Industrial Zone Chairperson Ali Bahar stated that Türkşeker (Turkiye Sugar Factories Inc.) which could not meet the demand of the food industry because of delivering sugar it produced to the markets, indicated the address to the privatized sugar factories. Ali Bahar said, “Sugar is 70 percent more expensive …