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"We import expensive wheat and export pasta for cheap." Chairman of Pasta Producers and Industrialists Association (MÜSAD) Nihat Uysallı said that the export figures in the first six months of 2019 showed despite the increase in the amount of pasta exports, they could not achieve the same increase of income. Uysallı shared the information that Turkey takes the third place in the world as the amount of production and the second place in exports just after Italy, whereas the most important competitor in terms of exports Italy's average export unit price exceeds two folds. Uysallı also emphasized that they have the cheapest price among the countries exporting more than 20 tons in 2018 in the pasta exports which Turkey in the second place after Italy and said: "While Italy exports the tonne of pasta by 1,098 dollars, our average export figure per ton is only 455 dollars. Egypt, which is said to be our rival in the African market, exports pasta for a thousa...

Press release... Our Association participated in SIAL CHINA 2019 FAIR... Central Anatolian Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Exporters' Association participated in SIAL CHINA 2019 held in Shanghai / China on 14-16 May 2019 for the first time. National Participation organized by the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce and the total national participation in the exhibition is 50 Turkish companies. In the booth of our Association, the brochures introducing the sector were given to the visitors and information was given about our Association with the export of the sector. During the exhibition, the kitchen apron and bags with the “Discover The Potential TURKEY” and Association logo were distributed. Samet Durmaz and Elif Özdemir were invited to the visitors all day long by preparing products, such as gozleme with cheese and potato, bulghur pilaff with lentil, mantı and Turkish sweet fried dough and desserts with caramel and so on, with visual show. In addition, sand artist Veysel Çelik...