Turkey: Grain corridor statement from Minister Uraloğlu

Uraloğlu, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, gave information about the grain transported in the corridor and said, "Turkey has become the third country with the highest amount of grain transported. In the list of 44 countries, 290 of the 987 ships are Turkish flagged and 224 ships arrived at different ports of our country. In total, 13 grains and grain product varieties; barley, wheat, corn, soybean, wheat bran, processed mixed food, soybean, sunflower seed, sunflower meal, sunflower oil and pea." Stating that the total amount of grain transported between August 1, 2022 and June 20, 2023 is 32 million tons, Uraloğlu said, "The amount arriving at Turkish ports is 3 million 659 thousand tons. The highest cargo went to China with 7 million 662 thousand 808 tons. countries are China, Spain, Turkey and Italy," he said. Emphasizing that 12 percent of the total amount of grain transported goes to African countries, Uraloğlu said, "With the grain corridor established and ...