TURKISH AGRI.NEWS

In the process that started with the import ban of Iraq, producers who searched for different countries for the eggs they could not export to the region, had problems in transit routes they provided to the new Gulf and African countries through Iran before the Covid-19 outbreak. Producer lobbies in Iran caused difficulties in passing Turkish rival egg farmers from the country. Now, the layers are going through a new challenge with the outbreak. Chairman of Turkish Egg Producers' Association (YUM-BİR) İbrahim Afyon said that Turkey is a self-sufficient country in terms of egg producing, moreover a very powerful country regarding exports Stating that it is the third exporter country in this sense across the world, Afyon added, "In the current period, due to consecutive problems, we have less chance to compete with other countries along with our cost-related problems and we are selling below its value. Markets support the manufacturer in size; we want the manufacturer to...

The latest developments and problems in the egg sector which ranks in the eighth place in world egg production with an annual production exceeding 22 billion units and in the third place with its exports reaching 431 million dollars, struggling with the export crisis to Iraq in the last days, will be discussed at the 4th Egg Summit. The summit, to be held in Antalya between 7-10 November 2019, will bring together all the stakeholders of the sector with the theme 'Protein for Life'. Stating on the 4. Egg Summit, Central Union of Egg Producers (YUM-BİR) Member and Press Spokesperson Derya Pala said that the Turkish egg industry attaches importance to improving the production infrastructure and the quality of more than ever. YUM-BİR Board Member Derya Pala said: "The egg sector wants to maintain its place in the world egg production. On the one hand Turkey's egg production, consumption and exports increased, on the other hand diverse problems, rising costs, the s...