Turkey is emerging as the major durum wheat export market
Turkey is slowly progressing towards becoming the leading durum wheat exporter. This year, Turkey has a high yield of durum wheat in comparison to the top durum wheat exporter, Canada. Turkey had produced over 4.2 million tonnes of durum wheat in 2023. Turkey's durum wheat exports are progressing at an express rate. It could become a major force in the export market. Turkey does not export any durum wheat globally due to high domestic demand. However, the Turkish government is planning to export durum wheat for the first time. According to the Turkey import export data , the shipments were estimated to be 84,000 mt in the last month. Although, there was a rise in durum wheat imports from Kazakhstan and Russia. The historical Turkey customs dat a shows that around $40 thousand worth of durum wheat exported from Turkey in FY 2021. Italy was the top durum wheat importer from Turkey followed by Libya, Morocco, Belgium, Syria, Iraq and Azerbaijan. Cyprus, Spain and Switze...