TURKISH AGRI.NEWS

TürkTraktör, the Turkish automotive industry's first manufacturer that is still operational, managed to export 67% of the tractors it produced throughout 2019. The manufacturer last year produced 22,745 tractors, of which 15,207 were exported, in the largest plant in Europe in terms of production volume in the Erenler district of the northwestern province of Sakarya. TürkTraktör makes four out of every five tractors produced in the country. The company currently produces for New Holland, Case IH and Steyr, maintaining exports, which began in 1979, to more than 130 countries. TürkTraktör General Manager Aykut Özüner said that despite the shrinkage in the market, they accounted for about 78% of the country's tractor production. "I would say that we produce four out of every five tractors produced in Turkey," Özüner told Anadolu Agency (AA) on Saturday, adding that they exported 15,207 tractors last year. "Due to the shrinkage in the domestic market, our domestic m...

TürkTraktör General Manager Aykut Özüner said that TürkTraktör, as the leading manufacturer of Turkish agricultural mechanization industry, saw its overseas sales turnover increase by 45 percent in the January-June period... Özüner's announcement comes as the company celebrates the 65th anniversary of its foundation. TürkTraktör manufactured some 10,056 tractors and 6,338 engines in the first six months of the year, meeting 75 percent of Turkey's total tractor production. The company, which exports tractors to more than 130 countries, increased the quantity of overseas sales by 20 percent to 7,562 units compared to the same period the previous year. The company had 88 percent of Turkey's total tractor exports in this period. TürkTraktör sold 11,912 units to domestic and international markets in the January-June period, closing the first half of 2019 with a total turnover of some TL 1.7 billion, while its overseas sales turnover increased by 45 percent to 1 billi...