The agricultural sector achieved the highest exports of all time with exports exceeding $35 billion last year.
The agricultural sector continued its records in exports last year. In an environment where geopolitical risks, supply concerns, drought and global food access problems continue, demand for Turkiye’s agricultural products continued to increase.
Economic policies that prioritize production and exports also contributed to Turkiye’s agricultural exports. The fact that representatives of the agricultural sector both maintained quality and increased efficiency ensured that the products were in demand worldwide. The increase in qualified investment capacity in licensed warehousing was among the factors that made the agricultural sector competitive in the world in foreign sales.
According to the data of the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM), Turkiye’s agricultural exports reached a record level in 2023, increasing by 2.8% compared to the previous year, reaching $35 billion 164 million 253 thousand.
Agricultural exports constituted 15.9% of the country’s exports last year.
4 sectors broke records in exports
During the said period, cereals, pulses, oilseeds and their products achieved the highest exports of all time with $12 billion 378 million 672 thousand, and fresh fruits and vegetables with $3 billion 492 million 314 thousand, dried fruits and products with $1 billion 610 million 304 thousand, olive and olive oil sector with $871 million 666 thousand.
Last year, cereals, pulses, oilseeds and their products increased by 8%, fresh fruits and vegetables by 18.3%, dried fruits and products by 2.7%, and the olive and olive oil sector by 75.9%.
The grain industry exported over $2 billion to Iraq
Last year, the most exports were made to grains, pulses, oilseeds and products to Iraq, fresh fruits and vegetables to the Russian Federation, dried fruits and products to Germany, and olive and olive oil sectors to Spain.
Cereals, pulses, oilseeds and their products exported $2 billion 123 million 367 thousand to Iraq, and the fresh fruit and vegetable sector exported $957 million 969 thousand to the Russian Federation. Dried fruits and their products exported $221 million 70 thousand to Germany, and the olive and olive oil sector exported $270 million 133 thousand to Spain.
When looked at on a provincial basis, grains, pulses, oilseeds and their products were exported from Istanbul in the amount of $3 billion 540 million 520 thousand, and the fresh fruit and vegetable sector was exported in the amount of $900 million 666 thousand from Mersin.
Dried fruits and products worth $537 million 774 thousand, and olives and olive oil worth $381 million 775 thousand were exported from Izmir.
Source: Trthaber / Prepared by Irem Yildiz