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Turkish watchdog closes Ferrero hazelnut monopoly probe…

Türkiye’s competition watchdog has announced it was ending an investigation into Italian company Ferrero over charges that it was monopolizing the country’s hazelnut market. In a statement, the Competition Authority (RK) said the Nutella maker made commitments to resolve complaints from local hazelnut farmers that it was abusing its dominant …

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A summit of rural anger?

After months of protests in Europe’s cities and roads and an unexpected political foothold in the conclusions of the European Council on 1 February, farmers will be back on the agenda of the EU leaders at the summit on 21 and 22 March.  Normally, agriculture lands on the table of EU leaders …

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Kılıç Seafood acquires sea bream and sea bass producer Agromey!

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 …

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Saffet Kalyoncu: In the first two months of 2024, fresh fruit and vegetable exports made to 27 countries from Black Sea region

Press release… In the first 2 months of 2024, 32 million 347 thousand 502 dollars of fresh fruit and vegetable exports were made to 27 countries from the Eastern Black Sea Region for 68 thousand 987 tonnes. While the first 3 countries with the highest exports were the Russian Federation, …

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Birol Celep: Turkish food exporters will launch a new TURQUALITY Project for Japan

Press release… Turkish food exporters, who set an export target of 1 billion dollars to Japan, returned home from the Foodex Japan Fair held in Tokyo between 5-8 March 2024 with commercial connections that will reach the export target of 1 billion dollars. Reminding that the promotional activities of the …

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Bedri Girit :We are in Tokyo for healthy Japanese generations

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 …

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Ahmet Hacıince: Feeder cattle prices increase meat prices

Ahmet Hacıince, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Red Meat Council (UKON), said that this excessive hike in the purchase prices of fattening material has caused the cost of fattening to increase by 95 percent annually.; an urgent action plan should be put forward to reduce the …

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Indigenous seeds leave its mark on Turkish agriculture…

Agriculture is done with local seed; domestic seed stamp on production… With 911 indigenous seeds, Türkiye reduced the dependence of farmers on foreign seeds while protecting its biological wealth. In Türkiye, 57 per cent of bread wheat, 63 per cent of durum wheat, 68 per cent of barley, 50 per …

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Food exports to Japan soared by 42 percent in the two-month period of 2024…

Press release… Food exports to Japan soared by 42 percent in the two-month period of 2024… 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 …

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Türkiye’s fresh fruit and vegetable exports reach 319.5 million dollars in February…

Press release… Ferhat Gürüz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association, announced that Türkiye’s fresh fruit and vegetable exports in February reached 319.5 million dollars with a hike of 4 percent compared to the same period last year. Stating that as the …

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