Turkey Exports Ice cream to 68 coutries

Turkey has been exporting ice cream to a total of 68 countries and four free zones, gaining nearly $204 million in the past 5.5 years.
According to data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) and the United Nations, nearly 88.4 thousand tons of ice cream were exported in the aforementioned time period, with Iraq, Kosovo, Albania, Northern Cyprus, the United Arab Emirates and Azerbaijan topping the list.

Being the world’s 15th top ice cream and iced food product exporter, Turkey sold 88,366 tons of ice cream to 68 countries and four free zones between January 2012 and June 2017.

Considering that one scoop of ice cream corresponds to 50 grams, the exported ice cream in the past 5.5 years adds up to more than 1.7 billion scoops.

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Some $36.3 million were earned from ice cream exports in 2012, $38.3 million in 2013, $35.3 million in 2014, $36.4 million in 2015, $34.8 million in 2016 and $22.4 million in the first half of this year.The export value of ice cream sold abroad was calculated as $2.3 per kilogram. Iraq topped the list of exports with over 18.3 tons of ice cream sold for $48 million in the past 5.5 years.

Kosovo followed with $16.6 million, Albania with $12.8 million, Northern Cyprus with $9.3 million, the United Arab Emirates with $7.6 million and Azerbaijan with $5 million.
Countries thousands of kilometers away from Turkey are among the Turkish ice cream producers’ export markets, including the United States, Australia, Brazil, China, Indonesia, South Africa, India, Canada, Pakistan, Senegal and Chile. 

Packaged Milk and Dairy Products Association (ASÜD) General Secretary Burhan Sakkaoğlu said that countries in the Middle East, Balkans, Caucasus, Turkic Republics and Northern Africa stand out among the sector’s export markets.

Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Sakkaoğlu said they have certain expectations from the state in order to strengthen their stance in foreign markets, adding that a plan to get rid of animal diseases must be formed in priority.

“The European Union allows the exports of dairy products and ice cream produced with milk that are obtained from certified milk businesses. That’s why, the number of certified milk businesses that produce EU standards need to be increased with efforts aimed at increasing quality in milk production,” Sakkaoğlu said.

He also said that market activities regarding the Middle East, Far East and Northern Africa, which are significant markets for ice cream exporters, must be developed, adding that emphasis should be laid on the promotion of types of boutique and local ice cream in foreign countries.

“The volume of the ice cream market is 16.6 billion liters worldwide. Turkey, along with Indonesia, Vietnam and India, are among the markets developing the most in terms of ice cream,” he said.

Import impasse blamed for high prices of salt

Now a sack having 75 kg salt is selling at Tk1,100-1,200 at the mill gate in Chittagong

An inability to process lighter cargoes at Chittagong port is being blamed by traders for their failure to import unrefined salt since the government took action to stabilise the market following Cyclone Mora and flash floods last month.
On July 5, the government in a statutory regulatory order allowed authorised importers to bring in 500,000 tonnes of salt from abroad after the natural disasters hit local production.
According to Commerce Ministry officials, however, a total of 232 importers who were given permission to import salt have failed to bring in any shipment in that time.
Some of the importers have already informed the ministry that importing has been beset by uncertainty because they have not been able to hire the lighter vessels needed to unload the imported salt when a mother vessel is held at the outer anchorage of Chittagong port.
“There has long been a crisis of lighter cargoes at Chittagong port,” Chittagong Salt Mill Owners’ Association President Nurul Kabir said.
In addition, port sources said at least 15-20 days would be needed for the shipment of unrefined salt imports from India to arrive at the port and another 20 days to complete the various processes at the port.
While accepting that the lack of lighter vessels had been one of the reasons for the supply shortage of salt in the local market, Commerce Secretary Shubhasish Basu said the problem had recently been solved.
Prices remain high, however: a 75 kg sack of salt is selling at Tk1,100-1,200 at the mill gate in Chittagong – a rise of 10% from just two weeks ago. Last year, the price stood below the Tk500 mark.
High prices at the mill gate have already led to the increase of retail prices. Now unpacked refined salt is selling at Tk25 a kg, whereas the rate was Tk18-19 just a week ago.
“The government will take stern action against the unscrupulous salt traders if they increase the prices abnormally ahead of the Eid,” the commerce secretary told the Dhaka Tribune.
The Bangladesh Tanners Association (BTA) has also been protesting the salt price inflation.
Usually, a total of 30,000 tonnes salt is needed to process the raw hide that is expected to be collected from across the country during Eid-ul-Azha.
But in a press conference in Dhaka on August 19, the BTA alleged that some unscrupulous businesspeople had increased the prices of salt creating an artificial crisis in the market ahead of the Eid-ul Azha.

Basmati rice becomes India’s top exporting commodity

Basmati rice has again become the top commodity to be exported from India. The popular variety of rice overcame the exports of buffalo meat to take the position of the top most exporting commodity in the April-June quarter of 2017-18. For years, Basmati rice had been the major export commodity of the country. However, since 2014-15, buffalo meat had too over the former’s position. According to reports, the reason was that all new orders were suspended earlier by Iran, which consumes more than a fourth of India’s exports Basmati rice to the world. During its harvesting season, Iran generally suspends rice import orders. According to reports, this year Iranian traders have continued to import Basmati rice even in the harvesting season. Basmati rice exports increased to 1.26 million tonnes in the said quarter from 1.18 million tonnes in the same period a year ago.  The average realisation of Basmati surged 28% to $1,009 per tonne this year compared to $787 per tonne last year. Basmati rice exports from India increased to Rs.8,168 crore during the April-June period as compared to Rs.6,196 crore in the same quarter last year, as per the estimates by Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA). The other factor for Basmati rice taking the top position in the country’s exports is the drop in the buffalo meat exports. Buffalo meat exports declined to 279,409 tonnes in the quarter of April-June this year from 280,869 tonnes in the same quarter last year. Despite the drop in exports, the revenue from buffalo meat exports increased marginally to $849 million (Rs.5,473 crore) in the April-June quarter from $823 million (Rs.5,445 crore) in the corresponding period last year.

Exporters of buffalo meat faced supply issues when the Government banned the sales of animal, on which the Supreme Court put stay after a few weeks.

Basmati rice exports from India

Indonesia Export Data

Indonesia's exports were recorded at USD $13.17 billion in April 2017.Most of Indonesia's April 2017 non-oil & gas exports were shipped to China (USD $1.57 billion), followed by the USA (USD $1.36 billion), the European Union (also USD $1.36 billion), and India (USD $1.19 billion).
The top exports of Indonesia are Coal Briquettes ($14B), Palm Oil ($12.3B), Petroleum Gas ($9.5B), Crude Petroleum ($5.93B) and Rubber ($4.2B), using the 1992 revision of the HS (Harmonized System) classification. Its top imports are Refined Petroleum ($13B), Broadcasting Equipment ($2.77B), Vehicle Parts ($2.68B), Crude Petroleum ($2.48B) and Telephones ($2.35B).

The top export destinations of Indonesia are the United States , China , Japan , Singapore and India .

Indonesia export products are Mineral fuels including oil,Animal/vegetable fats, oils, waxes,Electrical machinery, equipment,Gems, precious metals,Vehicles,Rubber,Machinery including computers,Clothing, accessories,Wood.