Press release… The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 120.4 points in November 2023, unchanged from its revised October level, as increases in the price indices for vegetable oils, dairy products and sugar counterbalanced decreases in those of cereals and meat. The index stood 14.4 points (10.7 percent) below its corresponding …
Read More »“WE EXPORTED TWO OUT OF EVERY THREE FISH SOLD BY TURKIYE”
Press release… 11-month exports of Aegean fishermen exceeded 1 billion dollars… Fishery products became the first food product in the Aegean Region to surpass the 1 billion dollars threshold! Aegean fishermen’s 11-month exports exceeded 1 billion dollars. Bedri Girit, Chair of the Aegean Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Association, stated …
Read More »VEYSEL MEMIS: WE EXPORTED 195.9 MILLION DOLLARS WITH AN INCREASE OF 8 PERCENT IN OCTOBER
“WE RAMPED UP OUR EXPORTS IN MORE THAN 80 COUNTRIES IN OCTOBER” Veysel Memiş, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), announced that they exported 195.9 million dollars in October with an 8 percent increase compared to the same …
Read More »DAVUT ER: WE HAVE COME SHORT OF REACHING 1 BILLION DOLLARS IN OLIVE AND OLIVE OIL EXPORTS
Press release… Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association ((EZZIB) Chairperson Davut Er said that Türkite’s table olive exports surged from 172 million to 184 million dollars in the 2022/23 season with a 7 percent increase compared to the previous season. Davut Er Pointing out that the 2022/23 olive oil …
Read More »NURETTIN TARAKCIOGLU: WE HAVE A POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 40 THOUSAND TONNES OF OREGANO
Nurettin Tarakçıoğlu, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Aegean Furniture, Paper and Forestry Products Exporters’ Association, said that all of Türkiye’s oregano exports are made from the Aegean region. Nurettin Tarakçıoğlu “As Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB), the Green Consensus regulations that we are most concerned about, because sustainability …
Read More »MUHAMMET OZTURK: WE NEED TO CREATE AN ACTION PLAN SPECIFIC TO OREGANO
Warm contact with the producer should be ensured… Muhammet Öztürk, Chair of Aegean Cereals, Pulses and Oil Seeds Exporters’ Association, stated that in order to offer quality and standardised production to the world markets, oregano producers should be supported, harvest their products more consciously and efficiently and trainings should be …
Read More »TURKISH OLIVE CULTIVATION SECURES SPOT ON UNESCO LIST…
Türkiye’s tradition of olive cultivation has been officially recognized and included in UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list, according to a statement from Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy. The minister, sharing the news on social media platform X on Dec. 5, revealed that the latest UNESCO meeting in Botswana’s Kasane town extensively …
Read More »FAO FOOD PRICE INDEX HOLDS STEADY IN NOVEMBER…
International cereal quotations dip, vegetable oil prices rise and record grains harvest is expected in the year ahead… The benchmark for world food commodity prices were broadly stable in November, with lower international cereal quotations offset by higher prices of vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United …
Read More »ALI FUAT GURLE: WE AIM TO REACH 150 MILLION DOLLARS IN OREGANO EXPORTS
Türkiye meets 80 percent of the world production of oregano, which is among the most demanded medicinal and aromatic products in the world. Spices and herbs Spice exports are recorded through the Aegean Furniture, Paper and Forestry Products Exporters’ Association along with the Aegean Cereals, Pulses and Oil Seeds Exporters’ …
Read More »MEHMET ALI ISIK: DRIED FIG EXPORTS REACHED 90 MILLION DOLLARS IN 2 MONTHS
Press release… Işık: Problems in dried fig exports will be solved with common sense In the 2023/24 season, exports of dried figs, the fruit of paradise, surged by 6 percent in value from 84.8 million dollars to 89.7 million dollars in the 2-month period. In terms of quantity, dried fig …
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