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Decree published in the Official Gazette, import tariffs on wheat, barley, and corn are reduced to zero, from 45, 35, and 25 percent, respectively.

The number of tourists entering the country continued to increase but the real value of tourist receipts decreased in 2019.

Turkey’s marketing year (MY) 2020/21 corn planting area is expected to be about 620,000 hectares (ha) and production will total 7 million metric tons (MMT).

Turkey’s sugar beet production is forecast at 19 MMT in MY 2020/21 and is expected to result in 2.75 MMT of sugar.

Turkey’s Marketing Year (MY) 2020/21 sunflowerseed area and production is estimated at 720,000 hectares and 1.56 million MT (MMT).

Total cherry production forecast in Turkey in Marketing Year (MY) 2017/18 is 500,000 MT, down 5 percent from the MY 2016/17 estimate.

On August 2, 2017, the Turkish Government Official Gazette published the Biosafety Board Decisions on genetically engineered feed imports.

Raisin production in Turkey in 2017/18 forecast is 295,000 tons, down five percent from MY 2016/17 due to sporadic frost and hail damage during the spring in some regions in Manisa and Izmir.