65 percent of Turkey's pasta exports come from the Southeast

At the end of the first 9 months of the year in the Southeastern Anatolia region, exports of the grains, pulses, oilseeds and their products sector reached 2.8 billion dollars. Grain producers, who realize one-third of the total exports of the Southeast, maintained their leadership in regional exports by exceeding the monthly export average of 300 million dollars. Enterprises in the region, which increased the sector's exports by 31.2 percent in terms of quantity in the 9-month period, managed to increase their export revenues by 8.6 percent. The most exported products during this period were pasta, wheat flour and vegetable oils. The region's pasta exports in the same period exceeded 450 million dollars. “Our income from pasta exports is an average of 50 million dollars a month.” Pointing out that the strong brands of Turkey, one of the world's largest pasta exporters, in this field operate in Gaziantep, Celal Kadooğlu, President of the Southeastern Anatolia Cereals, Pulses, ...