Farming

Press release… Cereals, pulses and oil seeds industry raised targets for 2020… The Aegean Cereals Pulses Oil Seeds and Products Exporters’ Association left 2019 behind as the association that increased its exports the most, with 443 million 455 thousand dollars and an increase of 10 percent. Mustafa Terci, Chairman of …

Bursa – Turkey exported tomato paste to 99 countries during the first eight months of this year, according to an exporter association’s data. The country’s tomato paste exports increased by 4.37% in the eight-month period year-on-year, according to an Anadolu Agency report compiled from data by the Uludağ Exporters’ Association. …

Press release… Ömer Celal Umur, Chairman of Aegean Tobacco Exporters’ Association, made a written assesment for the first half of 2020. Ömer Celal Umur said that tobacco, as one of Turkey’s traditional export products and produced in different regions across the country, is also an agricultural product which maintains a …

Press release… Exports of fresh fruits and vegetables reached 1 billion dollars… Fresh fruit and vegetable product exporters increased their exports by 6 percent between January 1 and August 28, to 1 billion 24 million dollars. Hayrettin Uçak said that during the period of January 1 to August 28, the …

Fresh vegetable and fruit exports from the Western Mediterranean region, which includes Antalya, Isparta and Burdur, in 8 months of the year increased by 26.34 percent compared to the same period of the previous year and reached 389 million 746 thousand dollars. According to the West Mediterranean Exporters’ Association (BAİB) …

Press release… Chairman of Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association (EZZİB) Davut Er said that consumption of healthy products is a rising trend worldwide. Davut Er said, “In this process, there is a continuous increase in the demand for olives and olive oil. While olive oil is consumed by …

Tahir Büyükhelvacıgil, President of the Vegetable Oil Industrialists’ Association (BYSD), said, “The import-dependent vegetable oil sector is affected by the production yields and price fluctuations in the world markets. It is necessary to create a ‘strategic stock’ in oil seeds and derivatives by taking urgent measures. When the stock decreases, …

Press release… Birol Celep, Chairman of the Board of the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, said that dried figs are subjected to controls for compliance with human health while they enter the countries exported. Celep stated that dried fig enterprises should export well-dried products that have passed the …

Hazelnut export season started on September 1, 2019 and ended after August 31, 2020. During the 2019/2020 hazelnut export season, 342 thousand 318 tons of hazelnuts exported from Turkey and 301 billion 2 million 863 thousand 988 US dollars provided in return. It was stated that both the amount and …

The export journey of dried figs, the fruit of Eden, will begin on September 30 The first export journey of the Turkish dried figs, indispensable for Christians’ Christmas tables, to decorate the world’s tables, will begin on September 30, 2020. Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association held an online …