October, 2020

• 5 October

  “BE CAREFUL ABOUT LOCAL, NATURAL AND ORGANIC PRODUCTS!”

  

  TESK President Bendevi Palandöken warned of the local, organic and natural products fraud. Turkey Tradesmen and Artisans Confederation (TESK) Chairman Bendevi Palandöken said, “Local products are advertised every step of the way on the internet. There are sellers who write ‘genuine’ to the fraudulent product and those who stick straw …

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• 5 October

  HUGE FALL IN PINE HONEY PRODUCTION!

  

  Beekeepers in Muğla province, leader in pine honey production across Turkey, are experiencing difficulties due to drought and extreme heat. Turkey Beekeepers’ Association (TAB) Chairman Ziya Şahin said that there were up to 70 percent decline in production and two time harvest in August and September could not be obtained. …

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• 4 October

  AEGEAN AND SOUTHEASTERN EXPORTERS TO JOIN FORCES IN DIGITALIZATION…

  

  Press release… EİB and GAİB will join forces in digitalization Digitalization, which developed at a dizzying speed after the pandemic, laid the groundwork for new collaborations. The Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB), realized the Turkey’s first exhibition in digital environment and the Southeastern Anatolia Exporters’ Associations (GAİB), having raised foreign trade …

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• 3 October

  AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND DRINK EXPORTS REACHED TO 12.7 BILLION DOLLARS AS THE END OF AUGUST…

  

  According to the Digital Data Panel of the Federation of Food and Drink Industry Associations of Turkey’s (TGDF) Digital Data Panel, the agriculture, food and drink sector made an export of 12.77 billion dollars and import of 10.64 billion dollars in the first 8 months of 2020. TGDF Digital Data …

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• 3 October

  AEGEAN EXPORTERS TO CATCH 2019 PERFORMANCE…

  

  Press release… Eskinazi: Our exports will reach 2019 figures at the end of the year Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB) realized 1 billion 223 million dollars of exports in September. EİB had signed exports of 1 billion 158 million dollars in September 2019. EİB’s exports increased by 6 percent compared to …

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• 3 October

  TURKEY’S HAZELNUT EXPORTS REACHED 33,471 TONS IN SEPTEMBER…

  

  Turkey’s hazelnut exports reached 33,471 tons in September, down from 45,706 tons in the same month last year, a regional trade union announced Friday. The Black Sea Hazelnut and Products Exporters’ Association (KFMİB) reported Turkey earned $229.25 million from hazelnut exports in the first month of the hazelnut export season, …

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• 2 October

  GREAT COLLABORATION FOR ‘WHITE GOLD’ COTTON!

  

  Press release… Industry representatives come together for the future of cotton… Dr. Mehmet Hasdemir The National Cotton Council (UPK), İzmir Commodity Exchange, Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB), Söke Commodity Exchange, Aegean Clothing Manufacturers’ Association (EGSD) and Association of Better Cotton Practices (IPUD) will share the steps to be taken with the …

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• 2 October

  TURKEY’S FLOUR EXPORTS REACH 2 MILLION TONS IN 8 MONTHS…

  

  Turkey’s flour exports reached 2 million tons in the first eight months of 2020, the head of the Turkish Flour Industrialists’ Federation (TFIF) said Thursday. Turkey’s main flour export destinations this January-August were Iraq, Yemen, Angola, Venezuela, and Benin, Eren Gunhan Ulusoy told Anadolu Agency. Wheat production rose 8 percent …

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• 1 October

  TOWARDS HARVESTING FOR TABLE OLIVES…

  

  Press release… Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers (TZOB) Chairman Şemsi Bayraktar said: “Our producers, who have had a difficult production period due to the effect of natural disasters, expect a price that they can get their labour.” Stating that the extreme heat occurred in May caused a problem in fertilization …

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• 1 October

  “WE SHOULD MULL OVER R&D, INNOVATION AND BRANDING IN AGRICULTURE”

  

  Press release… Chairwoman of İzmir Commodity Exchange Işınsu Kestelli said that Turkey is one of the most important countries in the world in terms of agricultural production potential. Kestelli said, “However we still have very important deficiencies in converting our production into foreign exchange earning activity by exporting. It is …

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