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TÜGİS President Kaan Sidar stated that global tensions and climatic challenges caused world food prices to rise by 4.3 percent in 2025 compared to the previous year, but that the Turkish food industry nevertheless maintained its volume of 160 billion dollars.
“Total annual exports soared by 4.5 percent to 273.5 billion dollars, while exports in the agriculture, food and beverage sector reached 29 billion dollars.” Sidar said.
Ismail Kaan Sidar, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Food Industry Employers’ Union (TÜGİS), shared his assessment of the food sector’s performance in 2025.
Food exports reached 30 billion dollars!
Sidar explained that Türkiye maintains its strength in the food sector thanks to its wide product range and strategic location, adding that the acceleration of steps towards global branding from local to global markets has positively impacted the sector’s competitiveness.
“The food sector, which maintained a volume of approximately 160 billion dollars in 2025, once again demonstrated its weight in the country’s economy. Total annual exports soared by 4.5 percent to 273.5 billion dollars, while exports in the agriculture, food and beverage sector reached 29 billion dollars,” he noted.
Underlining that investment incentives are always needed in the food sector and warned against risks such as drought and disasters that directly affect production, he stated, “Dependence on imports in areas such as feed raw materials, fertilisers and fuel weakens food production due to currency fluctuations. Nevertheless, farmers tried not to disrupt production with state support and their own efforts.”
“Global conditions have also increased investment costs”
Pointing out that the food sector has been operating under economic uncertainties and adverse climatic conditions affecting agriculture, as in previous years, he concluded, “Global warming continues to cause fluctuations in agricultural production around the world and in our country. On the other hand, we observed that the recovery in the supply chain, which gained momentum in 2024, largely continued. However, high interest rates and geopolitical tensions on a global scale continue to limit new investments in agricultural production and the food industry by increasing investment costs.”
