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Turkey exports agricultural machinery to 130 countries, said the Secretary General of Turkish Association of Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Manufacturers (TARMAKBİR). Selami İleri also said, "Two out of every three tractors produced in Turkey is going to the United States and Italy who are have as say in the world. Apart from that our exports from North African countries to Turkic republics and Balkans in question." İleri noted that the Turkish agricultural equipment industry's exports reached to 830 million dollars last year in terms of tractor parts and equipments. İleri stated that the sector has significant export potential and added: "Agricultural tools from Turkey are exported to 130 countries. Our exports up to this August has risen 20 percent in comparison with the same period last year. It just seems we will exceed a billion dollars in tractor and export of equipment. We are on a considerable level across the world in this respect. We are clos...

Press release... Agricultural Technologies and Mechanization Department has been established... Our persistent efforts to establish a special department within the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, which started in 2011 after a recommendation made by the Agricultural Mechanization Board of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, which we are the Vice President of, has finally yielded fruit. This issue, which has not been finalized due to various developments in our country, particularly in the case of sudden changes regarding the Ministry, even though it has reached to the last stage, has become official with a Directive prepared within the Ministry. The Department of Agricultural Technologies and Mechanization established within the scope of this directive has been included in the structure of the sector units / subjects scattered in the Ministry (from support policies to experimental procedures) taking into consideration the demands of our Association. After this develo...

Selami İleri, The General Secretary of Turkish Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers' Union, has made an announcement about the latest developments regarding the sectoral performance so far in this year. İleri said, "The Turkish Agricultural Machinery made the highest April export (306 milyon US$) of all times. Our sector, which has grown 21 per cent comparing to the previous year, is the 4th sub-segment with the highest increase in exports among Turkish Machinery." "According to the official statistics, Agricultural Machinery industry in Turkey now ranks the 6th among Turkey export values of 22 different sub-machinery groups e.g. machine tools, textile machinery, pumps & compressors, construction & mining machinery etc." he added...