Statistical Facts

Press release… The target for the 2025/26 season is 400 million dollars… Mehmet Ali Işık, Chair of the Aegean Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Association, announced that their aim to maintain their global leadership in dried fig production and exports. saying, “We are continuously working to ensure the healthy and …

Press release… Latest Global Forest Resources Assessment provides detailed analyses for 236 countries and areas… 21/10/2025 Rome/Bali – Deforestation has slowed in all of the world’s regions in the last decade, according to the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025 (FRA 2025) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). …

World’s largest soybean consumer turns to Brazil despite higher costs as American soybeans become ‘politically off-limits’ due to increasing tensions… ISTANBUL… As trade tensions between the US and China continue with more and more measures from the two sides, soybeans have become a new frontier in the trade wars. The …

Press release… Türkiye completed the 2024/25 export season with a successful performance in dried figs, the fruit of paradise. Foreign exchange earnings from dried fig exports soared by 27 percent in the 2024/25 season, from 290,858,000 dollars to 369,759,000 dollars. Türkiye surpassed the 300 million dollars threshold for the first …

Press release… Bedri Girit, Chair of the Aegean Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Association, stated that they meet the world’s protein needs in three meals a day. “Türkiye ranks among the top 10 producers globally in all product groups of fisheries and animal products,” he said. Pointing out that exports …

Press release… The İzmir Branch of the Association of Economy Journalists (EMD) visited the Manisa’s district of Akhisar, the capital of table olives in Türkiye with 17 million olive trees. Murat Demircan Demircan: ‘Akhisar is at the top in terms of export diversity’ Murat Demircan, Chairperson of the EMD Izmir …

Press release… Hayrettin Uçak stated that Türkiye is a reliable and sustainable food supplier… Underlining that food supply is one of the most critical elements of economic stability, social welfare and sustainable development, Hayrettin Uçak, Deputy Coordinator of the Aegean Exporters’ Associations and Chair of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and …

Press release… The cereals, pulses, oilseeds and products sector in Southeastern Anatolia maintained its leading position with a 30 per cent share of total exports. Between January and September, the sector’s exports from the Southeast surged by 4.6 per cent to reach 2.6 billion dollars. Sunflower seed oil, which ranked …

TURYİD Chairman Kaya Demirer stated that gastronomy accounts for 18-20 percent of total tourism revenue, equivalent to 10 billion dollars. “It’s possible to reach 100 million tourists in 10 years,” he said. “With the right strategy, we can generate 50 billion dollars in gastronomy-centred revenue.” A 50 billion dollar pie …

Achieving gender equality and empowering women is not only the right thing to do but is a critical ingredient in the fight against extreme poverty, hunger and climate change. Women are responsible for half of the world’s food production while working as environmental and biodiversity stewards. Even so, women and girls in rural …