THE GLOBAL WINDOW OF TURKISH FOOD AND AGRICULTURE The Global Window of Turkish Food and Agriculture Sector
Millions of boxes of oranges are spoiling in containers stranded at European ports as South Africa and the European Union lock horns in a dispute over import rules, citrus growers have said. South Africa, the world’s second largest exporter of fresh citrus after Spain, filed a complaint with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) last …
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August, 2022
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8 August
“WE MUST PLAN FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS OF TANGERINE”
Press release… We must plan for the next 20 years and protect our golden product… Menderes Agriculture District Director Oktay Sezgin said that they are the district with the 3rd largest area of İzmir province. Pointing out that the Gümüldür-Özdere-Ahmetbeyli line is an area that can summarize Turkiye’s ecosystem, Sezgin …
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8 August
RUSSIA MAY LIMIT SEED IMPORTS!
Russia’s agriculture ministry has proposed that the government limits seed imports by setting up quotas, aiming to stimulate domestic production, the Interfax news agency quoted it as saying on Friday. Russia, the world’s largest wheat exporter, has long aimed to become less dependent on imported seeds for a number of …
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8 August
OVER 8 THOUSAND FOOD COMPANIES FINED FOR VIOLATING SAFETY AND HYGIENE RULES…
More than 8,300 food companies were fined a total of 113.5 million Turkish Liras in the first seven months of 2022 for violating safety and hygiene rules. Some 7,500 officials from the Agriculture Ministry’s General Directorate of Food and Control carried out more than 731,000 inspections at businesses operating in the food …
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8 August
PLASTIC BAG USING DECREASES 65 PERCENT ACROSS TURKIYE…
Approximately TL 3.8 billion ($212.14 million) have been saved so far in Turkiye after the government-led initiative recommended charging shoppers TL 0.25 per plastic bag, a practice that became a mandatory regulation in 2019. The application was kicked off by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change in a …
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7 August
MEHMET ALI ISIK: GLOBAL ORGANIC MARKET TO REACH OVER 500 BILLION DOLLARS BY 2030
Press release… BioFach, the world’s largest organic food and natural products fair, which focuses on the spread of ecological producers and products, was held for the 31st time in Nuremberg, Germany, between 26-29 July 2022. Turkey’s national participation organization in Biofach Organic Food Products Fair was held for the 25th …
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7 August
VEYSEL MEMIS: WE ARE WORKING FOR UNLIMITED EXPORT
Press release… Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), aiming to find solutions to the problems of the Turkish grains, pulses, oilseeds and products industry with a common mind, held the second consultation meeting in Mersin, Turkiye’s eastern Mediterranean city. Emphasizing that they are mobilizing for the solution …
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6 August
PRICES FALL AS VESSELS CONTINUE TO CARRY UKRANIAN GRAIN!
An empty merchant vessel left Istanbul for a Ukrainian port to collect grain on Friday following inspections under a Turkish-brokered grain corridor deal between Turkiye, Russia, Ukraine and the United Nations. The Barbados-flagged Fulmar S. headed to Chernomorsk to load grain under the landmark deal signed last month. The ship was …
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5 August
GLOBAL FOOD COMMODITY PRICES DECLINE IN JULY!
Vegetable oils and cereals lead FAO Food Price Index lower… 05/08/2022 Rome – The benchmark for world food commodity prices declined significantly in July, with major cereal and vegetable oil prices recording double-digit percentage declines, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported today. The closely-watched FAO Food Price …
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