Türkiye imported $1.2 billion worth of cattle in 2023

Turkish Food and Beverage Industry Associations Federation (TGDF) announced 2023 foreign trade data.

According to the TGDF Digital Data Panel prepared based on Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) data, last year the agriculture, food and beverage sector exported 26.49 billion dollars with an increase of 4.92 percent compared to the previous year and 21.13 billion dollars with an increase of 3.46 percent. made imports. Last year, the Foreign Trade Balance gave a surplus of 5.36 billion dollars, an increase of 11.11 percent compared to the previous year.

As of December 2023, on a monthly basis, exports increased by 1.58 percent compared to the same period last year, reaching 2.65 billion dollars, and imports decreased by 20.2 percent compared to the same period last year, reaching 1.44 billion dollars. While cattle imports increased by 638.3 percent and wheat imports by 4.5 percent in December, crude sunflower oil decreased by 13.2 percent.

In 2023, the unit export value decreased by 7.56 percent compared to the previous year, reaching 1,117 dollars/ton. The import unit value decreased by 6.49 percent compared to the previous year and reached 639 dollars/ton.

CATTLE IMPORT

Turkey imported cattle worth 1 billion 163 million dollars in 2023. While cattle imports increased by 638 percent in December last year, reaching 133.3 million dollars, the amount of cattle imports throughout last year amounted to 1 billion 163 million dollars.

The largest share in cattle imports in December belonged to Brazil with 56.4 million dollars, followed by Uruguay with 55.2 million dollars and Germany with 7.8 million dollars.

Last year, the top three countries in cattle imports were Brazil with 453.9 million dollars, Uruguay with 246.8 million dollars and Czechia with 99 million dollars.

FEATURED PRODUCTS IN FOREIGN TRADE

Among the prominent products in exports in 2023, flour took the first place with 1 billion 465.1 million dollars. This product was followed by hazelnut kernels with 985.1 million dollars and refined sunflower oil with 954.7 million dollars. These products constituted approximately 12.8 percent of total exports as of last year.

Last year, the most imported product was wheat with 3 billion 402.4 million dollars. Wheat was followed by soybeans with 1 billion 679.3 million dollars and crude sunflower oil with 1 billion 303.9 million dollars. These 3 products constituted 29.9 percent of total imports as of last year.

When evaluated on a monthly basis, tangerine ranked first among export products in December last year with 160.3 million dollars, followed by hazelnuts with 146 million dollars and wheat flour with 109.9 million dollars.

The most imported products in the same month were wheat with 216.2 million dollars, cattle with 133.3 million dollars and crude sunflower oil with 73.2 million dollars.

RUSSIA IS FIRST IN IMPORTS

Wheat took the first place in last year’s imports with 3 billion 402.4 million dollars. Russia and Ukraine were the first two countries from which wheat was imported the most.

In 2023, wheat imports amounted to 2 billion 596 million dollars from Russia, 750.5 million dollars from Ukraine and 32.8 million dollars from Moldova. The share of Russia and Ukraine in total wheat imports was approximately 98.3 percent.

On a monthly basis, 186.3 million dollars of the 216.2 million dollars of wheat imports in December last year were from Russia. Following Russia, 25.1 million dollars of wheat was imported from Ukraine and 3.7 million dollars from Moldova.

Last year, after wheat, soybeans worth 1 billion 679.3 million dollars and crude sunflower oil worth 1 billion 303.9 million dollars were imported. Brazil ranked first in soybean imports with 968.6 million dollars, followed by Ukraine (567.7 million dollars) and the USA (116.3 million dollars). In sunflower oil imports, the ranking was Ukraine with 851.9 million dollars, Russia with 423.1 million dollars and Bulgaria with 15.9 million dollars.

Most of the imports of the top 3 products in Turkey’s imports in 2023 were from Russia and Ukraine.

MOST EXPORT IS SUGAR

When last year’s foreign trade data is examined by sectors; It was seen that the highest export was made in the Sugar and Confectionary Products sector with 2 billion 819 million dollars. This sector was followed by the Fresh Fruit sector (2 billion 465 million dollars), the Vegetable Oil sector (2 billion 309 million dollars), the Hard-shelled Fruits sector (1 billion 955 million dollars) and the Pasta sector (1 billion 606 million dollars).

The share of the Sugar and Confectionary Products sector in total exports was 12.39 percent, the Fresh Fruit sector was 10.83 percent, the Vegetable Oil sector was 10.15 percent, the Nuts sector was 8.59 percent and the Pasta sector was 7.06 percent.

In the same period, the highest imports were made in the Animal Feed sector with 5 billion 119 million dollars. Following this sector, the sectors that import the most are; The sectors were listed as Flour (3 billion 687 million dollars), Vegetable Oil (3 billion 519 million dollars), Live Animal Trade (1 billion 194 million dollars) and Cocoa and Chocolate (781 million dollars).

The share of the Animal Feed sector in total imports was 28.9 percent, the Flour sector 20.82 percent, the Vegetable Oil sector 19.87 percent, the Live Animal Trade sector 6.74 percent and the Cocoa and Chocolate sector 4.41 percent.

SECTORS WHERE EXPORTS INCREASED AND DECREASED

Last year, the pasta sector was one of the sectors whose exports increased the most in terms of value compared to the previous year, with 521 million dollars (48.05 percent increase). This sector is followed by the Animal Feed sector with 495 million dollars (67.43 percent increase), the Fresh Fruit sector with 278 million dollars (12.73 percent increase), the Vegetable sector with 268 million dollars (31.43 percent increase) and 200 million dollars. It was followed by the Sugar and Confectionary Products sector (7.63 percent increase).

In the said period, the sector whose exports decreased the most in terms of value was the White Meat sector with 288 million dollars (30.42 percent decrease). In addition, the Milk and Dairy Products sector lost 238 million dollars (40.88 percent decrease), the Tomato Paste and Canned Food sector 110 million dollars (10.47 percent decrease), the Pulses sector 103 million dollars (13.70 percent decrease) and the Live Animal Trade sector 64 million dollars. million dollars (down 50.54 percent).

Last year, compared to the previous year, the sector whose imports increased the most in terms of value was the Live Animal Trade sector with 1 billion 15 million dollars (567.3 percent increase). Following this sector, the Rice Milling sector with 322 million dollars (455.3 percent increase), the Cocoa and Chocolate sector with 201 million dollars (34.7 percent increase), the Flour sector with 112 million dollars (3.1 percent increase) and the Coffee, Tea and The spice sector was listed as the sectors with the highest increase in import value, with 89 million dollars (15.9 percent increase).

The sectors whose imports decreased the most during this period are the Animal Feed sector with 555 million dollars (9.8 percent decrease), the Vegetable Oil sector with 497 million dollars (12.4 percent), and the Sugar and Confectionery Products Sector with 188 million dollars (24 percent decrease). ), the Fisheries and Aquaculture sector with 31 million dollars (10.6 percent decrease) and the Dried Fruits and Vegetables sector with 14 million dollars (26 percent decrease).

FEATURED COUNTRIES IN FOREIGN TRADE

When last year’s foreign trade data is evaluated on a country basis; The country with the most exports was Iraq with 3 billion 236 million dollars. After Iraq, the highest exports were to Germany with 1 billion 898 million dollars, Russia with 1 billion 816 million dollars, the USA with 1 billion 538 million dollars and Italy with 1 billion 182 million dollars. In 2023, exports to these 5 countries constituted 36.5 percent of total exports.

In the same period, the highest import on a country basis was from Russia with 4 billion 901 million dollars. This country was followed by Ukraine with 2 billion 820 million dollars, Brazil with 1 billion 959 million dollars, Malaysia with 1 billion 4 million dollars and the USA with 949 million dollars. Imports from these 5 countries constituted 55.05 percent of total imports.

Last year, the top 2 countries from which Turkey imported the most were Russia and Ukraine, respectively. Imports from these two countries corresponded to 36.5 percent of total imports.

Last year, Turkey exported flour, frozen chicken meat, red lentils to Iraq, one of the countries it exported the most to; It exported hazelnuts, packaged hazelnuts and cherries to Germany, and tangerines, trout, tangerines and peaches to Russia.

In the same period, Turkey imported the most wheat, corn, and raw sunflower from Russia; It imported crude sunflower oil, wheat, soybeans from Ukraine, and soybeans, cattle and coffee from Brazil.