Turkey: Southeast’s 8-month grain exports are $2.2 billion

The region’s grain producers, who managed to increase their average export unit prices by 10.9 percent, approached last year’s data by 67 million dollars in value, despite selling 12.4 percent less product in terms of quantity compared to the previous year. The 8 percent increase achieved in the Iraqi market was effective in the Middle East’s share in total exports exceeding 50 percent. With these data, Southeastern Anatolia maintained its position as Turkey’s region with the highest exports in the field of grains. “Our sectoral product diversity increased our export revenues” In a period when the decline in global food prices created pressure on wheat flour and sunflower oil export prices in particular, Southeastern Anatolia Cereals Pulses Oil Seeds and Products Exporters’ Association President Celal Kadooğlu stated that they increased their export revenues with the competitive advantage provided by sectoral product diversity and said the following: “Since basic food products ...