Sesame exports skyrocketed in Turkey

Turkey increased its sesame exports, which were 77 million dollars in 2022, to 124.5 million dollars in 2023, with an increase of 62 percent. Turkey's new target in sesame exports is to reach 250 million dollars. Sesame, which adds flavor to a wide range of food products from bagels to chicken dishes, from salads to breads, from tahini to pastries, from cookies to Ramadan pita, stands out as an important export item for Turkey. Muhammet Öztürk, President of the Aegean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters' Association, stated that sesame adds a different aroma and flavor to the taste of all the foods it is added to, and said that Turkey's sesame exports will increase by 195 percent in the January-February period of 2024, from 6 million 645 thousand dollars to 19 million. He shared the information that it increased to 632 thousand dollars. Explaining that the sesame grown in Turkey is of very high quality, Öztürk said, “The largest importer of sesame is China with 1.6 ...