Statistical Facts

Harsh weather affecting major global exporters is reducing wheat output and cutting inventories that have already been projected to hit nine-year lows while fuelling a sudden uptick in prices. Dryness afflicting suppliers from Russia, the world’s biggest, to Argentina, is making food production vulnerable as recent Russian attacks on grain ships …

The Trade Ministry announced on Thursday a change to the regulation for maize imports that would be implemented until the end of the year to ensure the supply-demand balance amid adverse climate conditions and regional and global developments, which it said affected the 2024 crop. “A significant decrease is expected …

Press release… The distant markets strategy put forward by the Ministry of Trade in recent years to diversify Türkiye’s export markets has been successfully implemented in dried fig exports. Mehmet Ali Işık, President of the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, stated that the share of the American continent …

Press release… 12 percent increase in dried fig exports.. Dried fig exports closed the season with 292 million dollars… Export price of dried figs soared by 29 percent in foreign currency… The fruit of paradise, dried figs, left the 2023/24 season behind with an export amount of 292 million dollars …

Press release… United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) raised its global cereal production forecast for 2024 slightly to 2 billion 853 million tonnes, as upward revisions to rice and wheat production outweighed a slight decline in global coarse grain production. The new figure, which is also included in the …

Press release… The benchmark for world food commodity prices saw its fastest increase in 18 months in September, with quotations up for all covered commodity groups, led by sugar, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported Friday. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international …

Press release… In the January-September period of 2024; hazelnut exports from Türkiye reached 214 thousand 323 tonnes and 1 billion 740 million 734 thousand dollars of foreign currency inflow was provided in return. When these export realisations are compared with the same period of the previous year, it corresponds to …

China, the world’s largest importer of dairy products, is becoming increasingly self-sufficient. But how does this development affect other countries’ exports of key commodities? Dairy supply has become an important policy topic for the Chinese government since 2018. The country has set itself the goal of increasing milk production by …

Some 146 countries prefer Türkiye’s coffee, with highest demand from US, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, and TRNC… October, 2024… Türkiye’s coffee exports reached 154.7 million dollars in five years, according to data from the country’s statistical bureau TurkStat compiled by Anadolu to mark the upcoming International Coffee Day on Oct. 1. …

Press release… Ahmet Tiryakioğlu, Chairman of Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TIM) Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Sector Board stated that they can overcome the contraction in exports to Russia with food trade. “With the effect of increasing sanctions against Russia, Türkiye’s exports to this country decreased by 18.7 percent to …