Turkey's pulse exports increased by 5.4 percent in January and reached 1.03 billion dollars

Published 2024년 2월 7일

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Turkish Food Exporters (TGİ) saw a 5.4% rise in export revenues in January compared to the same month last year, contributing to 33% of Turkey's total agricultural exports. The main exporting regions were Istanbul, Gaziantep, and Mersin, with Iraq, the USA, and Syria being the primary destinations. Ahmet Tiryakioğlu, Chairman of the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM) Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Sector Board, underscored the challenges posed by potential recession, regional conflicts, climate crisis, and rising costs, emphasizing the need for agricultural production and financial accessibility for food exporters.

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According to the statement of Turkish Food Exporters (TGİ), the export revenues of the sector, which exported 1.1 million tons in January, increased by 5.4 percent compared to the same period last year, and its share in Turkey's total agricultural exports reached 33 percent. The provinces with the highest exports in the grains, pulses, oilseeds and products sector were recorded as Istanbul, Gaziantep and Mersin, and the countries with the highest exports were Iraq, the USA and Syria. Ahmet Tiryakioğlu, Chairman of the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM) Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Sector Board, stated that the global food industry started 2024 hopeful, despite the various risks brought by recession expectations, regional wars, climate crisis and cost increases. Underlining that demands in this direction are behind the ongoing farmers' protests across Europe, Tiryakioğlu pointed out that ...

Source: Haber7