MEDITERRANEAN CEREAL, PULSE AND OIL SEEDS EXPORTS INCREASE...

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Cereals, pulses, oil seeds and derivations sector started with increase in new year. The exports of the cereal pulse oil seed and derivations sector showed an increase of 5 per cent compared to 2016 and reached 548,7 million dollars. The share of the exports of the sector represents 4 per cent of the total exports in January 2018. Turkey exported to Iraq a total of 142.5 million dollars in December 2017 with 26 percent . Syria and United States followed with respectively 6 per cent and  4 per cent rates.

Mediterranean Cereals Pulses Oil Seeds and Derivations Exporters' Association showed an increase of 7 percent and completed the export of 101,5 million dollars in January 2018.The share of the exports of our association represents 18,5 per cent of the total exports of the sector.


Hüseyin Arslan, Chairman of the Board


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