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In January-December, cow milk production rises 3.5% y-o-y, dairy products exports up… Turkey collected over 9.8 million tons of cow milk in 2020, the country’s statistical authority announced on Thursday. Cow milk production increased by 3.5% year-on-year in the January-December period, TurkStat said in a statement. During the same period, …

Press release… The United States, which is the world’s largest food importer with 160 billion dollars annually, whets the appetite of Turkish food exporters. Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB), aiming to increase the export of Turkish food products to the USA, promotes Turkish food products in the US market with the …

Mahsum Altunkaya, Chairman of Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TIM) Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Sector Board, stated that 2020 was a difficult year for all exporters and they wished that everything would return to normal in 2021. Altunkaya said, “We achieved the highest monthly sector exports of all time in …

“We will pay a total of 24 billion liras for agricultural support in 2021” Underlining that they will pay 24 billion TL in agricultural support this year, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli said, “Agricultural support has increased by 65 percent in the last 3 years. We will pay …

Press release… Despite the pandemic, the foreign currency we brought to our country was 4.5 billion dollars During the pandemic period, our fresh fruit and vegetable exports increased by 21% to 2 billion 731 million dollars, while the exports of fruit and vegetable products reached 1 billion 683 million dollars …

European agricultural production will decrease by 56.13 million tonnes by 2030… The EU-27 has 156.7 million hectares devoted to agriculture. In 2019, nearly 12.5 million hectares, i.e. about 8% of the total area, were devoted to organic farming. However, the goal of the “From Farm to Table” European strategy is …

Press release… The target for dried apricot exports is 300 million dollars Half of the 2020-21 season in the export of dried apricots, in which Turkey is the world leader, left behind. Turkey obtained 162 million dollars as foreign exchange earnings from exports of dried apricots in the first half …

FAO Food Price Index rises for 8th consecutive month in January, led by cereals, vegetable oils, sugar… Global food prices reached their highest monthly average in January since July 2014 following a steady eight-month rise, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Thursday. The FAO Food Price Index climbed …

Press release… The Covid-19 virus has changed many habits, as well as threatening the health of humanity. With the development of technology, digitalization and e-commerce pandemic have jumped. 7 percent of world merchandise trade in 2020 contracted 65 percent of e-commerce in Turkey and throughout the world; It grew by …

Turkey posted a 14.97% annual rise in consumer prices in January, the country’s statistical authority announced on Feb. 3.  The annual figure was up 0.37 percentage points last month, rising from 14.60% in December 2020, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK). The inflation rate in January 2020 stood at 12.15%, data showed. …