Turkey: Southeastern Anatolia region increased exports of cereals and oilseeds sector

Published Jul 11, 2024

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The article reports a 7.3% increase in exports in the grains, pulses, oilseeds, and products sector in the Southeastern Anatolia region, reaching $1.6 billion in the first half of the year. The sector's share in the region's total exports approached 30%, with grain exports reaching 2.1 million tons. The region also accounted for 61.7% of Turkey's total pasta exports and 56.4% of sunflower oil exports. Celal Kadooğlu, President of the Southeastern Anatolia Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds, and Products Exporters Association, expressed optimism for the future of pasta and sunflower oil exports despite challenges like rising crude oil prices and production costs.

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The grains, pulses, oilseeds and products sector, which maintains its export leadership in the Southeastern Anatolia region, increased its exports by 7.3 percent in the half of the year, reaching 1.6 billion dollars. The grains, pulses, oilseeds and products sector, which maintains its export leadership in the Southeastern Anatolia region, increased its exports by 7.3 percent in the half of the year, reaching 1.6 billion dollars. The share of the sector, which includes basic food products such as biscuits, wheat flour, vegetable oils, sugary and cocoa products and pasta, in the total exports of the Southeast approached 30 percent. Grain exports from the region reached 2.1 million tons in the 6-month period. According to these data, 61.7 percent of Turkey's total pasta exports and 56.4 percent of sunflower oil exports were made in the Southeast region. "The share of the Southeast in world pasta exports is close to 20 percent" Stating that the share of the region, which hosts a ...

Source: Sondakika