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Global lentil exports in 2020 jumped from $1 billion to $2.6 billion compared to the year before. Canada and Australia led the surge, accounting for more than three-fourths of the exports. Lentil exports peaked at $2.7 billion in 2015 but drifted lower through 2019, primarily due to reduced shipments from Canada to India and Turkey and from the United States to Canada and India.

Turkey announced the elimination of tariffs on some pulses and grains.

It is an “off-year” for pistachios in Turkey, and consequently, Post forecasts a low production level for MY 2021/22.

The Turkish cotton crop for MY 2021/22 is forecast at 450,000 hectares and 750,000 metric tons (MT) (3.45 million bales).

The cattle number forecast for 2022 is expected to be 18.8 million head. This three percent increase in the cattle estimate is a result of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MinAF) subsidies for calf production and projected feeder cattle imports for 2022.

Despite the rapidly growing demand for chicken meat in Turkey due to the growing population, in 2022 chicken meat production is forecast to increase only three percent compared to 2021 to 2.23 million metric tons (MMT).

The total cherry production forecast in Turkey in Marketing Year (MY) 2021/22 is 860,000 metric tons (MT), which is 54,000 MT less than MY 2020/2021, due to frost damage that occurred in Izmir and Konya in the late spring.

This report focuses specifically on sultana raisins, which are a dried seedless grape variety indigenous to the Aegean region of Turkey and are grown mostly in the regions of Manisa, Izmir and Aydin.

Unexpectedly dry weather conditions in Turkey between April and June in many regions led to lower wheat and barley production forecasts for MY 2021/22.

Turkey has a young population of 83.6 million people. The country is in a Customs Union with the EU and is the 20th largest economy in the world.

On June 25, Michael Conlon, Agricultural Counselor, and Sinem Duyum, Agricultural Specialist, attended an event at Kafkas University to celebrate the donation of 67 Beefmaster embryos to Turkey by the U.S. livestock industry.

This report outlines specific requirements for food and agricultural products that will be imported into Turkey.