Türkiye replaced wheat supplies from Argentina and Brazil with purchases from Russia

Published 2024년 2월 16일

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In 2023, Turkey significantly increased its wheat imports from Russia to a record 9 million tons, following the halt of supplies from Argentina, Brazil, and other countries. The country also boosted its purchases from Ukraine and Kazakhstan, leading to a total import of nearly 12 million tons of wheat, marking a third more than the previous year. Concurrently, Turkey's wheat exports also saw an increase, reaching 1.9 million tons.

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Turkey increased imports of wheat from Russia to a record 9 million tons against the background of the cessation of supplies from Argentina, Brazil and a number of other countries, RIA Novosti found out based on data from the Turkish statistical service. Turkey in 2022 bought wheat from 30 countries, including Russia, Ukraine, Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan and Latvia - a total of 8.9 million tons. However, in 2023, some countries stopped supplies to Turkey - these were Argentina, Brazil, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Georgia, Iran, Israel and Latvia, from which Turkish businesses purchased 222 thousand tons of wheat. At the same time, Mexico and Lebanon reduced supplies to almost zero. At the same time, Turkey increased purchases from Russia by 1.4 times, to 9 million tons by $2.7 billion, and from Ukraine by 21%, to 2.5 million tons. Also, supplies from Kazakhstan increased by 2.3 times, to 140 thousand tons, Moldova - by 1.8 times, to 120 thousand tons, and Syria ...

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