THE GLOBAL WINDOW OF TURKISH FOOD AND AGRICULTURE The Global Window of Turkish Food and Agriculture Sector
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The crops produced by millions of farmers in Anatolia, where life and agriculture began in the world, are brought to the world by thousands of exporters. The tables of more than 200 countries around the world are set with Turkish food products for 3 meals a day.
Türkiye, which exports 25 billion dollars of food products annually, has the production and export potential that will ramp up its export of food products to 50 billion dollars in the next 10 years.
Providing a feast of taste to the world’s tables by meeting the protein, carbohydrate and fat needs of billions of people, the Turkish farmer produces 70 million tonnes of plants annually. While it has over 72 million small and bovine animals, it has reached an annual production volume of over 800 thousand tonnes of aquaculture and 2.4 million tonnes of poultry. It produces 55 million tonnes of fresh fruit and vegetables.
Türkiye produces a wide variety of agricultural products, from dairy products to pulses, from meat products to bakery products, from fresh fruits and vegetables to dried fruits, from olive oil to frozen foods, from seafood to olives, from laurel to bulgur, from oregano to poppy, from cherries to sea bream, from quince to sea bass, from figs to trout, from pickles to tomato paste and it ranks first in Europe in terms of agricultural output and takes place among the top 10 countries in the world league.
Eskinazi; “The target in food export is 50 billion dollars”
Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB) Coordinator Chair Jak Eskinazi said that they see exports as the insurance of the continuity of agricultural production.
“We are the leader in Türkiye’s food export. We are among the strongest producers and exporters of the world in aquaculture, fruit and vegetable products, olives, olive oil, dried fruit, non-wood forest products, oilseeds sectors,” Eskinazi said.
“We are gearing up to boost our food exports with TURQUALITY and URGE (Product development) Projects, Fairs, Sectoral Trade Delegation and Purchasing Delegation Organizations. While maintaining our position in our traditional export markets in food exports, Europe, Middle East countries and the Russian Federation, we are working to grow in the USA and Japan markets. While Türkiye aims to export 50 billion dollars of food products in a 10-year term, as the Aegean Region, we will strive to make 12.5 billion dollars of this export amount,” he added…
