The four-month export of the cereals, pulses, oilseeds and products sector, which includes basic food products such as wheat flour, pasta, vegetable oils, biscuits and sugary and cocoa products, was announced as 4.2 billion dollars. Grain producers, who managed to increase their exports by 5.6 percent in this period, increased their export share in the field of plant products within the agricultural production group to 50.8 percent.
Total cereal exports increased by 5 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, reaching 4.3 million tons.
The most exported goods group was chocolate and cocoa products with 401.1 million dollars, followed by sunflower oil with 366 million dollars.
Iraq, which came first in terms of the sector with 647.6 million dollars of exports, experienced a 12.7 percent contraction, while the USA, which increased by 26.4 percent, came in second with 266.5 million dollars. These two countries were followed by Syria, Algeria and Saudi Arabia, respectively.
