Statistical Facts

Reuters writer Pavel Polityuk reported yesterday that, “Ukraine’s spring crop sowing area may more than halve this year from 2021 levels to some 7 million hectares,  its Agriculture Minister Roman Leshchenko said on Tuesday, versus 15 million hectares expected before the Russian invasion. Roman Leshchenko “He said farmers could sow …

Turkiye is not facing a shortage of sugar, the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry has said in a statement, as prices contracted on March 25. The country had a total of 400,000 tons of sugar at the end of last year’s production season, and a total of 2.5 million tons of sugar was …

Turkiye to receive $472M support from $1.01B EU fund for agricultural, rural development… BRUSSELS… Turkiye will benefit the most from the EU’s €927 million ($1.01 billion) fund for pre-accession countries in agricultural and rural development, the European Commission announced on Wednesday.  The commission adopted assistance programs to support candidate countries …

Forested lands of Turkey have increased by 177,000 hectares in one year with the rehabilitation of decayed forests and new planting work. Nongovernmental organizations, in the meantime, warn against wildfire threat and recommend better rehabilitation and restoration… As urban settlements grow and big cities turn into concrete jungles, Turkey adheres …

Press release… The first 5 companies that realized nearly half of Aydın’s exports, which exceeded 1 billion dollars in 2021 for the first time in its history, were presented with the Stars of Aydın Export Award Ceremony. The province of both agriculture and industry: İzmir is the place where exports …

Even before the Russian army crossed into Ukraine, food prices had been on the rise for the past year. But the world has seen large jumps in the cost of food over the the last two months… Globally, food is 20 per cent more expensive now than it was a year ago, …

Annual price hikes in agricultural inputs exceeded 50 percent in January! While the agricultural input price index (Agriculture-GFE) increased by 10.12 percent in January 2022 compared to the previous month, the annual rate of increase was 57.26 percent. The annual rate of increase in fertilizers was 153.34%. Fertilizer Turkish Statistical …

Press release… Promotions continue uninterruptedly… Turkiye Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Associations Sector Board Chairperson Sinan Kızıltan said that the promotional activities continue uninterruptedly for the promotion of healthy and safe foods produced by the Turkish aquaculture and animal products industry around the world. Sinan Kızıltan Kızıltan added that they …

Fisheries exports run to 1.5 billion dollars… While the export of Turkiye’s fisheries and animal products industry in the last 12 months were 3 billion 590 million dollars, the aquaculture industry made the biggest contribution with 1 billion 436 million dollars of exports. The seafood industry was followed by the …

Turkiye’s production of chicken meat in 2022 is projected higher, in large part because of anticipatedstrong export demand from neighboring countries and China. Additionally, the uncertainty of Ukrainianchicken exports to select Middle Eastern markets may also fuel increased demand for Turkish chickenmeat in these markets. However, if local market conditions …