Turkey: 571 million dollars of grain export was made from Southeastern Anatolia in the first 2 months

Published 2022년 3월 10일

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The article highlights the significant role of the Southeastern Anatolia Region in the global grain, pulses, and oil seeds market, with exports reaching $571 million in the first two months of 2022 to 145 countries. Mahsum Altunkaya, President of the Southeast Anatolian Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds Exporters' Association, emphasizes the importance of managing the economic impact of the pandemic and the Ukraine-Russia conflict properly. He stresses the need for increasing domestic agricultural production to reduce foreign dependency and underscores the need for high value-added production and global branding to increase market share. The region's exports to the Middle East, Africa, and America, with Iraq, Syria, and Djibouti being the top destinations, are led by pasta, wheat flour, and vegetable oils.

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In the first two months of 2022, a total of 571 million 341 thousand dollars of grain, pulses and oil seeds were exported to 145 countries from the Southeastern Anatolia Region. Mahsum Altunkaya, President of the Southeast Anatolian Cereals, Pulses and Oilseeds Exporters' Association, stated that the Ukraine-Russia war continues to negatively affect the world economy with the pandemic, and stated that they believe Turkey will be the country least affected by the crisis if it is managed correctly. Stressing that Turkey is also in the position of a key country for the region, Altunkaya said that Turkey will undertake an important mission in establishing peace between the two countries as soon as possible. First the pandemic, now the Russia-Ukraine war Southeast Anatolia Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters' Association Board of Directors met under the chairmanship of Mahsum Altunkaya and evaluated the agenda of the country and the world. After the meeting in which ...

Source: Sondakika