Statistical Facts

Natural and man-made disasters have caused 3.8 trillion dollars in crop and livestock losses over 30 years, the UN‘s Food and Agricultural Organization said on Oct. 13. Floods, droughts, insect infestations, storms, disease and war have caused about 123 billion dollars per year in lost food production between 1991 and 2021, the equivalent …

Turkey’s cereals and pulses exports reach 9.2 billion dollars… The cereals, pulses, oilseeds and products sector exported 9 billion 205 million 576 thousand dollars in 9 months of the year. According to the information compiled from the data of the Southeastern Anatolia Exporters’ Associations (GAİB), the Turkish cereals, pulses, oilseeds …

Press release… Mehmet Ali Işık: We exported 73 thousand 388 tonnes of dried figs The 2022/23 season of dried figs, the fruit of paradise, of which Türkiye is the the world’s leading producer and exporter and also defined as the holy fruit in all heavenly religions, ended with a historic …

 The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 121.5 points in September 2023, almost unchanged from its value in August, as declines in the price indices of vegetable oils, dairy and meat had offset increases in the sugar and cereal price indices. At this level, the index stood 14.6 points (10.7 percent) …

Press release… Saffet Kalyoncu, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Associations (DKİB), said that in the January-September period of 2023, exports from Trabzon, Rize, Artvin and Gümüşhane provinces in the Eastern Black Sea Region amounted to 1 billion 31 million 873 thousand 835 dollars …

Press release… In the first month of the 2023/2024 hazelnut export season, which started on 1 September 2023; hazelnut exports from Türkiye reached 24 thousand 344 tonnes and 151 million 780 thousand dollars of foreign currency inflow was provided in return.Mehmet Cirav, Chairman of the Hazelnut and Hazelnut Products Sector …

Press release… 1.5 billion dollars of exports from Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB) in September… September exports of the Aegean Exporters’ Associations were recorded as 1 billion 515 million dollars with an increase of 1 percent. While the members of the Aegean Exporters’ Associations exported 13 billion 688 million dollars in …

Average temperature in the first nine months of the year was 1.40°C above pre-industrial levels… 5 October 2023 Last September was reported to be the hottest September on record so far. According to the statement made by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) operating under the European Commission, the average …

Potatoes are the fourth most important staple crop in the world, representing some 19 million hectares of production. In Belgium, they’re an economic powerhouse that has seen incredible growth in the past 25 years. In 1995, Belgian factories processed some 500,000 tonnes of potatoes. Last year, that number rose to …

Hazelnut export revenue of over 2 billion dollars is targeted… Dursun Oğuz Gürsoy, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Black Sea Hazelnut and Products Exporters’ Association (KFMİB), stated that their first target is to export 280 thousand tonnes of hazelnuts by the end of the season and …