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15 February

RESTAURANTS AND CAFES TO BE REOPENED ACROSS TURKEY?

Turkey is looking into solutions to help the country’s struggling restaurants and cafes, whose operations have been disrupted by the lockdown measures enacted to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Turkey’s Health Ministry is working on a formula that includes enabling eateries and cafes to open in provinces with a …

14 February

MUSTAFA ŞAHİN: KAYSERİ PROVINCE CAN MEET THE APPLE NEED OF LIBYA AND RUSSIA

Kayseri Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry Mustafa Şahin said that Kayseri province, which has a say in the production of apples, has the capacity to meet the apple need of Libya and Russia. Mustafa Şahin, who visited Yahyalı district noted that 6.7 percent of Turkey’s apple need has been …

14 February

RAMAZAN ÖZCAN: WE EXPORTED OVER 90 THOUSAND TONNES OF DRIED APRICOTS IN 2020

Malatya Commodity Exchange Chairman Ramazan Özcan stated that the foreign currency input obtained from the dried apricot export in 2020 made him happy. Expressing that they thought dried apricot exports might be affected negatively with the spread of the new type of coronavirus (Covid-19) in the world last year, Özcan …

14 February

DAVUT ER: THIS EXCHANGE RATE IS NOT COMPETITIVE FOR OLIVE OIL EXPORTS

Press release… Er: Our olive oil exporter has become unable to export the product Davut Er, Chairperson of the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association (EZZİB), said, “The 15 percent drop in foreign exchange rates put the exporting companies that made their agreements at the beginning of the season …

13 February

“IN THESE CONDITIONS, NOT POSSIBLE FOR THE EXPORTERS TO EARN”

Press release… Yağcı: In these conditions, it is not possible for the exporter to earn. Cahit Doğan Yağcı, Chairman of the Aegean Furniture Paper and Forestry Products Exporters’ Association, said, “We estimate how the raw material imported at high exchange rates with high export inputs will lead to losses.” “The …

13 February

EXPORT TARGET OF 100 M DOLLARS TO THE USA IN FISHERIES…

Press release… Fisheries industry set an export target of 100 million dollars to the USA. Americans will get fit with Turkish seafood and Mediterranean diet. Turkish aquaculture products were introduced in the second leg of the TURQUALITY Project carried out by the Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB) to increase the exports …

13 February

TURKSTAT; 2.1 M TONNES OF CHICKEN MEAT AND 19.8 B UNITS OF HEN EGGS PRODUCED IN 2020

Country produced over 2.1M tonnes of chicken meat, 19.8 B units of hen eggs last year, according to TurkStat (TÜİK)… Turkey’s chicken meat production was over 2.1 million tonnes in 2020, according to data released by the country’s statistical authority on Thursday. The figure marked a 0.1% fall on an …

12 February

MUSTAFA TERCİ: DESPITE THE PANDEMIC WE GAINED A GOOD MOMENTUM IN EXPORTS

Press release… As it is known, the Aegean Cereals Pulses Oil Seeds and Products Exporters’ Association’s working area includes milling products (wheat flour, etc.), pastry products (biscuits, wafers, cakes, pasta, etc.), oil seeds (poppy, sunflower, soy), vegetable oils (sunflower oil, corn germ, margarine, etc.), cocoa products (chocolate, cocoa foods, etc.). …

12 February

TURKEY COLLECTS OVER 9.8 MILLION TONNES OF COW MILK IN 2020…

In January-December, cow milk production rises 3.5% y-o-y, dairy products exports up… Turkey collected over 9.8 million tons of cow milk in 2020, the country’s statistical authority announced on Thursday. Cow milk production increased by 3.5% year-on-year in the January-December period, TurkStat said in a statement. During the same period, …

11 February

FOOD PRODUCTS EXPORT AIMED TO REACH 2 BILLION DOLLARS TO THE USA…

Press release… The United States, which is the world’s largest food importer with 160 billion dollars annually, whets the appetite of Turkish food exporters. Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB), aiming to increase the export of Turkish food products to the USA, promotes Turkish food products in the US market with the …