Grains and Pulses

On December 31, 2021, Turkey announced a revised tariff list for a number of products. According to a Presidential Decree published in the Official Gazette, the import tariffs on wheat, corn, rye, barley, oats, chickpeas, and lentils, has been eliminated through December 31, 2022. Turkey Continues Zero Tariff Policy for …

Press release… Turkish starters (appetisers) decorate the tables of 150 countries.. Germans and Iraqis liked Turkish appetisers the most… The starters (appetisers), in which the fruits and vegetables grown in Anatolian lands are blended with spices, olives, olive oil, dried fruits, cereals, pulses and oil seeds, decorated the tables of …

Tahir Büyükhelvacıgil, Chairperson of the Vegetable Oil Industrialists’ Association (BYSD), said that he predicted that sunflower oil prices could stabilize as in January and February. Tahir Büyükhelvacıgil Tahir Büyükhelvacıgil said, “It doesn’t end with just oil. We are also dependent on the outside in the cardboard, cap, tin and many …

Turkey and Iran Grain imports increased hugely year-on-year in August 2021, while large exporters such as the US or Brazil, and major importers like China or Spain, were receding. As Turkey and Iran are very arid countries, they necessarily rely on Grain imports to add to their Grain production. Domestic …

Press release… Hüseyin Arslan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), said that in October, they realized an export of 190.3 million dollars with an increase of 76 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. Hüseyin Arslan …

ANTALYA, Turkey Wheat prices across the globe surged this year as grain stocks expanded worldwide, especially in China, even as supply was thin due to drought and inflation surged amid monetary expansion moves due to the pandemic’s impact on the economy, according to an international sectoral group. Citing countries’ export …

Turkish Flour Industrialists’ Federation (TUSAF) President Eren Günhan Ulusoy stated that he believes the pasta industry will exceed the 1 billion dollar threshold in exports within two years. Eren Günhan Ulusoy, President of the Turkish Flour Industrialists’ Federation (TUSAF), said that the pasta industry in Turkey develops itself more and …

ANTALYA, Turkey Representatives of Turkey’s grain sector, which is the largest flour and second largest pasta exporter of the world, gathered in the Turkish Mediterranean resort city of Antalya on Friday to discuss the impacts of climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic on the sector. The 16th Turkey Grain Congress, …

Around 84M people may face hunger by 2050 due to climate change, official says at Turkey Grain Congress… ANTALYA, Turkey  – Rising global temperatures and the expected increase in frequency of droughts from every 10 years to every five years pose a grave threat to food security in the world, …