naftc turkey monthly bulletin issue17 · president and co-founder of orvital, muharram dogan noted...

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INSIDETHISISSUE

4-7June:TradeMissionfortheDutchAnimalHusbandrySectortoTurkey1

SomeverystrikinginformationfromTurkishMeatandMilkInstitute2017YearSectorEvaluationReport 2

GreenlightforIreland,butisitago?2

LSD Epidemic at Artvin Provincelocated in the Black Sea regionofTurkey 4

“Organic”explosion 5

UPCOMINGEVENTS

20June–Trade&InvestmentCenter,Adviesgesprek,AmsterdamSugarCity,Halfweg

20-22June–VIVEurope2018Utrecht

NAFTCTurkeyoffice, incooperationwithNXTGroupofCompanies,had thepleasure to join the Agro Trade Mission from Istanbul to Izmir and Bursa.During the mission the participants had the opportunity to meet relevantprospective clients from the private and (semi) governmental spheres likeTIGEMstatefarms(partoftheMinistryofAgriculture&Livestock),Chambersof Commerce, sector organisations, dairy companies and relevant CattleBreedersAssociations.

This trade mission was an excellent opportunity to open doors into theawakening meat, dairy and livestock sectors in Turkey and strenghtencompanies’networks.

4-7June:TradeMissionfortheDutchAnimalHusbandrySectortoTurkey

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Address: NAFTCTurkeyRepresentativeOffice(operatedbytheNXTGroupofCompanies)BuyukdereCaddesiOyaSokakNo:7TumerPlazaKat:3D:8Mecidiyekoy,IstanbulTurkey

Website: www.naftc-turkey.comPhone: +90(0)2122740153E-mail: info@naftc-turkey.com/burcin@naftc-turkey.com

Turkeygivesabadexaminanimalhusbandry.Whiletheexportandimportfigurescreatedanxietyinanimalhusbandry, the Meat and Milk Association's 2017 Annual Sector Evaluation Report contained strikinginformation.Accordingtothereport,exportsoflivestockandcattlelivestockarecompletelyreset,whileimportsofcattlelivestockincreasedby4581%in2017,cattleimportsincreasedby72%.Breedingsmallcattleimportsincreasedby757%andbrokethenewrecord.Thereporthasverydetailedevaluationsonanimalhusbandry.Inparticular,theproductionandexportgrowthinBrazil.Turkeybrokerecordsinimportsinalmosteveryfieldofanimalhusbandry.Meatproductionisdowncomparedto2016.Themajorityofthecattleimportsthattookplacein2017werefromUruguaywith35percent,Brazilwith19percent,andCzechRepublicwith9percent.Turkeydid30%ofitscattleimportsfromGermany,19%fromtheCzechRepublic,and17%fromAustria.While50percentoftheimportationofslaughtercattleiscomingfromBrazilandSpain,nearly20per centof the imported small livestockarenot stud,ofwhich85per centareimportedfromAustralia.

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SomeverystrikinginformationfromTurkishMeatandMilkInstitute2017YearSectorEvaluationReport

GreenlightforIreland,butisitago?TheTurkishmarketisnowindeedopen.However,nocontractshavebeenfinalisedbetweenIrishlivestockexportersandprivatebuyersinTurkey.

ItisunderstoodthattheTurkishMinisterofAgriculturehasgiventhegreenlighttoprivatebuyers;butthereareotherobstacleswhichhavetobenavigatedfirst.Currencyissuesarebelievedtobeputtingahalttoproceedings.

Inaddition,itishopedthatthependinggeneralelection,duetotakeplaceinTurkeyonJune24willhaveapositiveeffectonsomeoftheseissues.

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BordBia(TheIrishFoodBoard)figuresindicatethatthetotalnumberofcattleshippedtoTurkeysofarthisyearstandsat7,948head.Weanlings,storesandfinishedcattlehavemadeuptheseconsignments.

Thisisanincreaseof245cattlewhencomparedtothecorrespondingperiodin2017.

Some2,476weanlingshaveleftIrishshoresboundforTurkeysinceJanuary1,2018.Thisfigureiswellbackonlastyear,when6,199weanlingshadbeenexportedtoTurkeybythistimelastyear(down3,723head).

However,thenumberofIrishstorecattlewhichhaveenteredTurkeysincetheendoftheyearamountsto3,857head–anincreaseof2,370headcomparedto2017levels.

The number of finished cattle that have left Ireland destined for Turkish shores equals 1,615 head; this is the

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AtARTVIN,thenumberofcattleslaughteredin5provincesinquarantineroseto56,duetobovinedeathscausedbynodularexanthemadisease,alsoknownas'lumpyskindisease'(LSD),knownas'flowerdisease'amongthepopulation. In Artvin, a protective vaccine study for the animals against the disease was initiated, whilerestrictionswerealsoplacedonbullfightingtobeorganizedinthecityandinRize.

LSDEpidemicatArtvinProvincelocatedintheBlackSearegionofTurkey

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TheDepartmentofFood,AgricultureandLivestockcompletedaninvestigationatArtvin'sHopa,Arhavi,Borchka,MurgulandKemalpaşadistricts,afterthedeathofcattle.Intotal,26cattlewerekilledinthefirststage:12inKemalpaşa,11inHopaand3inArhavi,duetothediseasewhichisknownas"FlowerDisease",alsoknownasLSD.Inoculationstudiesrelatedtobovineswerecarriedoutin5provinceswherequarantineapplicationwasinitiated.

TheWORLDsizeoftheorganicmarketreached105billiondollarsanditalsocontinuestogrowinTurkey.Form$15millionin2009to$800millionin2017.Thebiggestproblemwiththeorganicmarketistheissueofgrowingorganicfeeds,especiallyinanimalhusbandry.TheOrganicProductProducersandIndustrialistsAssociation’s(ORGÜDER)VicePresidentandCo-FounderofOrvital,MuharramDogannotedthattheyhavebeenexperiencingdifficultiesinfindingorganicfeedinTurkey.“Oneofthemostimportantrawmaterialsinanimalhusbandryissoya.Inourownbusiness,weneed4,000tonsofsoyperyear.Weproduce400tonsourselves.ThetotaldemandoforganicsoyinTurkeyisaround20thousandtons.TheamountproducedinTurkeyisonly1,000tons.19thousandtonsoforganicsoybeansareimported.Theamountpaidforthisamountis$15million.ThesizeoforganicfarminginTurkeyhasreached120million.Lookingatthis,the$15milliondeficitcreatesahugecost”.

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“Organic”explosion

Turkey'sdemandfororganicfoodisincreasingsincethecountrystartedproductioninthe1980s.Whilethesizeofthemarketin2009was$15million,in2017itexceeded800milliondollars.Yet,TheOrganicProductProducersandIndustrialistsAssociation’s(ORGÜDER)DeputyChairmanMuharremDogan,indicatesthatthesenumbersoftheTurkishmarketarebehindworldfigures.

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NAFTCTURKEY

MichaelWestenberg,Director(Turkey)

michael@naftc-turkey.com

+31(0)204917173/+31(0)614555500

BennoOptenBerg,Director(Iran)

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BurçinSayarKarahan,

ClusterManager(Turkey,Iran&India)

burcin@naftc-turkey.com/burcin@naftc-iran.com

+90(0)2122740153

CONTACTUS

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