Turkey: Southeast’s 11-month grain exports reach $3.1 billion

Published 2024년 12월 10일

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The article highlights the significant role of Southeastern Anatolia in Turkey's cereals, pulses, oilseeds, and products sector, which accounts for 29.1% of the region's total exports. The sector generated $3.1 billion in revenue over the past 11 months, with pasta and sunflower oil being the most exported products. Iraq, Syria, and the USA were the primary export markets. The Southeastern Anatolia Grain Pulses Oil Seeds and Products Exporters’ Association President, Celal Kadooğlu, discussed the potential for increased grain exports to Syria, given the current trade dynamics and the geostrategic importance of Syria. He also emphasized the economic challenges in Syria and the potential for cooperation to benefit both countries.

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The 11-month export revenue of the cereals, pulses, oilseeds and products sector, which continues its export leadership by realizing 29.1 percent of the region's total exports in Southeastern Anatolia, reached 3.1 billion dollars. The share of the region, which makes the most cereal exports in Turkey, in the sector as a whole was 28.6 percent. Due to the decline in wheat flour exports this year, pasta and sunflower oil stood out as the most exported products in the region. In the 11-month period when pasta exports from the Southeast approached the 1 million ton limit, exporters in the region realized 64.7 percent of Turkey's total pasta exports and earned 560 million dollars. The largest export market was Iraq with a 33.5 percent share, followed by Syria and the USA, respectively. “There is a potential for an increase of nearly 100 percent in our grain exports to Syria” Evaluating the developments in Syria, which ranks second with an 8.1 percent share in the region’s grain ...

Source: Sirinnar