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Osman Yardımcı: Export ban on white meat is a right decision!

Osman Yardımcı, President of the Türkiye Butchers Federation, regarding the news that an export ban will be imposed to balance white meat prices, said, “They do not give cheap white meat in Türkiye. They made the right decision.” Osman Yardımcı Following the news that the Ministry of Trade will impose …

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Turkish food exporters to grow in Asia Pacific market via Singapore!

Press release… Singapore, one of the world’s reexport centres, is one of the priority target markets for food exports of Türkiye, which is the world’s food warehouse with a foreign trade volume of 30 billion dollars in the food sector in 2023. Turkish food exporters aim to strengthen their position …

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Food prices to increase as temperatures rise due to climate change…

By JESSICA BOXALL & MICHAEL HEAD… Climate change and specifically rising temperatures, may cause food prices to increase by 3.2 percent per year, according to a new study by German researchers. As climate change continues to worsen, this price inflation will mean that more and more people around the world don’t have …

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Turkish fishermen wrap up season with hunting ban…

With the conclusion of the fishing season in the Turkish seas, the annual hunting ban has commenced to ensure wildlife conservation and sustainable resource management. İbrahim Yumaklı In a statement declaring the fishing ban starting from April 15, Agriculture and Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı said that this year’s season witnessed a bountiful catching. The …

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Hayrettin Uçak: We have had foreign currency rain from Balkan countries

Press release… Hayrettin Uçak, Chairperson of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Products Exporters’ Association (EYMSİB), said that their exports of agricultural products to the Balkans soared by 16 per cent in the first quarter of 2024 from 401 million dollars to 463 million dollars. Hayrettin Uçak “In exports to …

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TURKSTAT; milk and chicken meat production decreases in February

Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) announced milk and dairy products production and poultry production for February 2024... According to TURKSTAT data, drinking milk production decreased by 13.2 per cent on a monthly basis in February. Chicken meat production decreased by 0.7 per cent in February, while chicken egg production also decreased …

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Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan: The number of cages at sea increases, but lake salmon threatens exports!

Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan, Vice President of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association (DKİB), said that the number of cages in the seas has soared in the last 5-6 years. Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan Pointing out that especially in the last 5-6 years, the number of cages in the sea has started …

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Gürdoğan: We should be able to process and export salmon as semi-finished products

Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan, Vice President of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB), said that a new sector could be started in salmon. Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan Gürdoğan said, “We send salmon as semi-finished products, that is, in other forms such as fillets. Türkiye should create its own brand and send …

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“At this rate, it seems that salmon exports will overtake hazelnuts”

Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan, Vice President of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association (DKİB), stated that salmon export figures compete with hazelnut export figures. “Salmon has become a new alternative product to hazelnut in the Eastern Black Sea Region. Salmon started to compete with hazelnut in terms of income. At this …

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Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan: We have achieved a good momentum in the export of Black Sea salmon

In the exports of Turkish salmon grown in the Black Sea in January and February of this year, a spike of 289 per cent compared to the same period last year, an increase of 70 thousand 614 dollars in foreign currency inflow was achieved, while this figure was recorded as …

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