Tag Archives: Bülent Uçak

October, 2026… Türkiye’s seed cotton production is expected to fall 38 percent as rising input costs and the war in the Middle East weigh on the sector, prompting farmers to switch to crops such as wheat and maize. The new cotton harvest season has begun, but increasing production costs are …

September 2026… Ali Kırali, Managing Director of the Turkish Mercantile Exchange (TÜRİB – TMEX), stated that the TÜRİB Futures Market, which is scheduled to go live by the end of the year, will commence operations with wheat and maize contracts. İZMİR… According to a statement from the İzmir Commodity Exchange …

Cotton production in the Aegean Region is forecast to reach 410,000 tonnes in the 2025-2026 cotton season. At the meeting where the harvest estimates were announced, it was emphasised that cotton cultivation had declined due to increased costs and water scarcity. Ginned cotton production in the Türkiye’s Aegean Region is …

Press release… IZMIR COMMODITY EXCHANGE DELEGATION PARTICIPATED IN THE 6TH MEDITERRANEAN COTTON ROAD… The sixth Mediterranean Cotton Road event, which was organised this year to bring together cotton sector stakeholders, was held on Monday, 20 November 2023 in Thessaloniki, Greece, in cooperation with the Izmir Commodity Exchange, the Greek Cotton …

Press release… While cotton prices abroad are at the level of 58-59 liras, the price of 45-46 liras in the country makes producers brooding. Unprecedented negativities threaten the sustainability of cotton production… As the 2023/24 harvest season approaches, cotton, which is called white gold, is experiencing difficult days. Despite the …

Press release… The cotton harvest forecast for the Aegean Region 2020/2021 season was shared with the public after the meeting held on Monday, October 19, using video conference method due to the pandemic. In addition to İzmir Commodity Exchange, Aegean Exporters’ Associations, İzmir Chamber of Commerce, Söke Commodity Exchange, Aydın …