Press release… In February, exports of fresh fruits and vegetables, which are Turkiye’s important export items, exceeded 255 million dollars. Exports increased by 2 percent compared to the same month of the previous year. Nejdat Sin, Chair of the Mediterranean Exporters’ Associations (AKİB) Coordinator and Chair of the Mediterranean Fresh …

SÜT-D CALLS ON GLOBAL RECYCLING DAY… LET’S SAVE OUR PLANET, SUPPORT RECYCLING… LET’S NOT THROW, COLLECT SEPARATELY, LET’S NOT WASTE OUR WASTE… RECYCLING STARTS WITH US… Celebrating 18 March Global Recycling Day… Istanbul Technical University (İTÜ) Faculty Member and Chairwoman of the Sustainable Production and Consumption Association (SÜT-D) Professor Dr. …

Ukraine world’s top exporter of sunflower seeds, 4th-biggest wheat exporter, 5th-largest corn exporter, report says… Wheat The Ukraine-Russia war is to likely cause major disruptions in global food markets, the World Bank Group said in a report published Wednesday. The two countries combined produce a quarter of the world’s wheat, …

Haluk Okutur, Chairman of the Board of Istanbul Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association (İHBİR), said in his statement that exports continued to rise despite the negativities in the world. Noting that as İHBİR, they realized an export of 255 million 841 thousand dollars in February with an increase …

Turkish tea earned 203.9 million dollars in 10 years… Turkey earned 203 million 872 thousand 233 dollars from tea exports between the years 2011-2021. According to the information compiled from the data of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB), Turkey, which exported 2 thousand 191 tonnes of tea to …

Press release… Turkiye, the world leader in cherry production, had a foreign exchange income of 189 million dollars in 2021. Turkish cherry exporters declared 2022 as the “Year of Combating Pesticides” in order to obtain export visas to the Far East market, especially to China, South Korea and Taiwan and …

Olive oil export ban is on the Parliament’s agenda… We have a surplus of 100 thousand tons… Bakırlıoğlu, who brought the olive oil export ban to the agenda of the Parliament and presented a question to Minister Vahit Kirişci, demanded that the olive oil export ban be lifted. Upon the …

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent prices of food commodities—especially grains and vegetable oils—soaring. As the war in Ukraine is likely to last for several months at least, EIU expects prices of agricultural commodities to remain elevated for much of the year. Agricultural commodities prices will soar as trade is …

Agricultural lands in the Konya Plain, reeling under drought for months due to insufficient rainfall, were flooded this time due to heavy rains and melting snow on the mountains. Central Konya province is at the heart of agriculture for the country with its large farmlands used for growing wheat crops …

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