Saudi Arabia has suspended Turkish meat imports - Turkish union

Published Nov 27, 2020

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Saudi Arabia has officially suspended imports of meat, eggs, and other products from Turkey, following an unofficial boycott due to political tensions between the two countries. The suspension was confirmed by the Turkish exporters' union and the trade ministry, with imports of red and white meat, water products, eggs, honey, milk, and alternatives to breast milk being affected. The suspension came after increasing trade obstacles and calls for bans on Turkish imports, as well as the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul two years ago. Exports to Saudi Arabia have decreased by 16% in the first 10 months of this year, dropping to $2.23 billion. Both countries are now facing pressure to improve relations as they prepare for a new U.S. administration.

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ISTANBUL - Saudi Arabia formally suspended imports of meat, eggs and other products from Turkey earlier this month, the Turkish exporters' union said, after a months-long informal boycott of Turkish goods over political tensions between the two regional rivals. Turkish exporters have reported increasing obstacles to trade in Saudi Arabia, as businessmen in the Gulf Arab state have led calls for bans on Turkish imports and as ties between the two countries deteriorated. Already strained by competing ambitions for regional influence, those relations plunged into crisis two years ago when Saudi agents killed prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Ankara says it has been told by Riyadh that there is no formal boycott, but the exporters' union said it had been informed by Turkey's trade ministry that imports of some Turkish goods had been suspended earlier this month. "Imports from our country of red meat and products, white meat and ...

Source: Todayonline