Türkiye aims to reach 1 billion dollars in pasta exports

Pasta, which harmonizes very well with cheese, chicken, fish, tomatoes, minced meat, spices and sauces that whet the appetite of everyone from seven to seventy, is among Turkey's important export products. Turkey increased its pasta exports by 9 percent from 606 million dollars to 659 million dollars in the first 9 months of 2024 and consolidated its place as the second in the world. Muhammet Öztürk, President of the Aegean Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Exporters' Association, informed that Turkey offered pasta to the tables of 155 countries in the January-September period of 2024, and shared that Turkey has the potential to exceed 1 billion dollars in pasta exports in 2025. Öztürk, who underlined that Turkey’s pasta exports increased by 41 percent in the last 5 years from 577 million dollars to 813 million dollars, said, “We can reach an export volume of 1 billion 250 million dollars in the next 5 years by maintaining a similar course in pasta. We are taking our place ...