Statistical Facts

World Pasta Day 2025, themed “From Tradition to the Future,” was held at the Conrad Istanbul Bosphorus from October 24–26, 2025, hosted by the Turkish Pasta Industrialists’ Association (TMSD) and the Pasta Producers and Industrialists’ Association (MÜSAD), in collaboration with the International Pasta Organization (IPO). This major gathering revisited the …

Disruptions Are Call to “Reimagine Trade”, WTO DG Says… New WTO figures show that trade in both food and agricultural goods grew 7 percent in the first six months of this year, compared to the same period last year – although prospects for 2026 now appear gloomier than previously. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala …

Press release… Türkiye exports pasta to 168 countries… Türkiye ranks second in the world in pasta exports… Türkiye targets 1 billion dollars in pasta exports… Muhammet Öztürk, Chair of the Aegean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association, announced that Türkiye’s pasta exports have soared by 125 percent in the …

Press release… Norway: New Target for Fresh Fruits, Vegetables and Vegetable Products The fresh fruit and vegetable and vegetable products sector, which generated 6.1 billion dollars in foreign currency for Türkiye in 2024, has placed Norway, a Northern European country, on its radar. Hayrettin Uçak The Aegean Fresh Fruit and …

Türkiye is expected to produce 2.45 million tonnes of olives in the 2025-2026 season, according to Dr. Mustafa Tan, the chairman of the National Olive and Olive Oil Council (UZZK)… Despite being classified as a “low-yield year” in the cyclical nature of olive cultivation, the figure represents a relatively strong outcome compared …

Türkiye anticipates a substantial decline in crop production for 2025, as projected in the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK)’s second estimate released on Oct. 24… The report, prepared using the data from the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry, points to steep declines across cereals, fruits and several key commodities. Overall production of cereals and …

Press release… Öztürk: “We are the strongest food export sector.” Muhammet Öztürk, Chair of the Aegean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds, and Products Exporters’ Association, stated that the cereals, pulses, oilseeds and products sector is the strongest food export sector, with exports of 9.047 billion dollars between January and September 2025. He …

About 40 percent of the agricultural land in Romania belongs to foreign investors, according to a study the European Parliament carried out in 2015, reports local Ziarul Financiar. Foreigners hold 5.3 million hectares of farmland in Romania, as the total agricultural land amounts to 13.3 million hectares. Foreign investors from …

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). …