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13 October

Satsuma tangerine’s export journey to kick off on 18 October…

Press release… Export champion tangerine’s 2024 target 600 million dollars export… Harvest and export time has come for satsuma tangerine, the harbinger of autumn and the natural healing store of flu and colds. As a result of the examinations carried out by the ‘Commission for Determining the Cutting and Export …

12 October

Saffet Kalyoncu: We exported tea to 116 countries in the first 9 months

Türkiye exported tea to 116 countries in 9 months… Türkiye exported 3,642 tonnes of tea to 116 countries in the first 9 months of 2023, generating 18 million 23 thousand 919 dollars in revenue. While 45 percent of the exports were carried out from Black Sea’s province of Rize. Belgium, …

10 October

Harsh weather curbs global wheat production, elevates prices…

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 …

10 October

Türkiye to allow 1 million metric tonnes of maize imports at lower tariff…

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 …

9 October

“The strategy of distant countries worked one-to-one in dried figs”

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 …

9 October

Packaging that stops waste; could it be a new era for food?

A UK-based company, Osy Group, draws attention with its innovative antimicrobial packaging technology developed to extend the shelf life of fresh foods and reduce food waste by 50 percent. This new technology aims to reduce wastage by preserving the freshness of products such as fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, chicken and …

8 October

Collaboration between WUR and South Korea to advance climate-resilient agriculture through digital breeding and smart farming…

Wageningen Plant Research announced a collaboration with the Korean company DDS Bio to advance agricultural practices in South Korea through innovations in digital breeding and digital farming. This collaboration, under the project title “Fostering Climate Resilient Future with Digital Breeding and Digital Farming Innovations for Agriculture in South Korea” (FOSTER …

8 October

Veysel Memiş: We aim to be a strategic trade partner in new markets

Press release… Veysel Memiş, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), announced that they exported 172.8 million dollars in September. Emphasising that the record-level increases they achieved in distant markets in the 9th month of the year were reflected …

8 October

“Consumers are full of bonito!”

Turgay Türkyılmaz, General Director of Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, said, “Citizen is full of bonito!” Pointing out that bonito fishing is going well this season, Türkyılmaz noted, “We estimate that anchovy fishing will increase after 15 October. The number of anchovy fishing vessels is …

7 October

Mehmet Ali Işık: We achieved a 12 percent increase in dried fig exports

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 …