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Sixty percent of cat-dog food exports are made from the Aegean Region. Aegean Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Exporters’ Association is at the top in cat-dog food production and exports. PET İZMİR 2024 Fair, the biggest pet meeting of Türkiye and Eurasia, opened its doors on 25 September at Fuar İzmir.
Muhammet Öztürk, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Aegean Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Exporters’ Association, who made his speech at the opening of the fair, said that pet foods are in the field of activity of our Association as a product containing mainly grain raw materials.
“Petfood sector has become a rising value for Türkiye. As an association, we closely follow the developments in this sector and proudly watch the great progress of the sector in recent years. The pet food sector, which reached a market size of approximately 25 billion dollars in 2023 in terms of export volume worldwide, has gained an even faster momentum in our country. The export volume of the sector in the country, which was 4.5 million dollars in 2014, soared 27 times in 2023 and reached 122 million dollars. As of 2024, we have exported 102 million dollars to approximately 100 countries. We expect this figure to increase to 140 million dollars at the end of the year,” Öztürk said.
In 2023, exports of 122 million dollars realised with 38 percent growth…
Pointing out that another point that makes this sector special for them is that 60 percent of Türkiye’s overall exports are made from the Aegean region, Öztürk added, “In 2023, while exports of 122 million dollars were realised with a growth of 38 percent, 74 million dollars of this was made through the Aegean Exporters’ Associations. Investments in our region continue without slowing down. We see a potential where we can reach much larger figures in the future. As the Aegean Exporters’ Associations, we are working with all our strength to support this development of the petfood sector. We are in constant contact with our member companies, we are working to find solutions to the difficulties faced by the sector and to stand by our companies in every sense. In order to make this support felt throughout the fair, we will host visitors and exhibitors at our stand number 128.”
Öztürk also stated that they want to start an Development of International Competitiveness Project supported by the Ministry of Trade by bringing petfood exporter companies together…
