Seafood

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 …

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 …

In the January-February period of this year, 577 thousand 463 kilograms of anchovy made exports to 18 countries, Türkiye provided 2 million 119 thousand 896 dollars in foreign currency. Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan, Vice President of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association (DKİB), said, “We were sending anchovies as sorted and …

The negative effect of foreign currency in exports started to be reflected in the aquaculture sector. It is stated that due to the high production costs in Türkiye, especially Turkish salmon exports slowed down, could not compete in the market and started to move away from the market. Türkiye is …

Mustafa Altuğ Atalay, General Director of Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, stated that a record was broken last year in fish farming and hunting products and said, “Last year, nearly 1 million tonnes of fish were obtained. Mustafa Altuğ Atalay “This year we have a …

Turkish salmon (trout), the production of which has been increasing in Türkiye in recent years, has started to get stuck in the exchange rate in exports. Due to the negative impact of the exchange rate on competitiveness, it also slows down the exports of the aquaculture sector. Tuncay Sagun Türkiye …

Press release… Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association (DKİB) has prepared Promotion Projects in order to further boost the exports of Turkish Tea, which is the green gold of the Eastern Black Sea Region and to promote it in potential markets abroad and to diversify the number of countries for Turkish …

İbrahim Sağlam, Samsun Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry, reported that 8 thousand 771 tonnes of Turkish salmon were produced in Samsun region in 2023. Sağlam stated that they support the growth of the aquaculture sector and important supports are provided. In his written statement, Sağlam pointed out that the …

Press release… Sinan Kızıltan Kılıç Seafood has acquired Agromey, further growing what was already the largest seafood company in Türkiye. Sinan Kızıltan, the vice president of Bodrum, Muğla,  Türkiye-based Kılıç, said the transaction will give the company full control of Agromey – a vertically integrated seafood company based in Torbalı …

Press release… Girit: “We are in Tokyo for healthy Japanese generations” Turkish food exporters, who set an export target of 1 billion dollars to Japan, returned home with commercial connections that will reach the export target of 1 billion dollars from the Foodex Japan Fair held in Tokyo between 5-8 …