Turkey: Oilseeds and Products Annual
Marketing year (MY) 2015 oilseeds production in Turkey is expected to be 2.1 million metric tons (MMT), down about eight percent compared to a year ago. No change in production support payments and better returns of other crops adversely affected farmers’ planting decisions despite the large domestic use and export of oils seeds products. Despite the efforts of the government to increase oil seed production, Turkey continues to be import-dependent due to a net deficit in oilseeds and products. Although Turkey approved three biotech soybean varieties in January 2011 for feed use, low level detections of unapproved varieties continues to cause major problems for imports. Turkey continues to import large quantities of soybean and meal with combined imports reaching a record 2.3 MMT in MY2013. Total imports of soybean and meal are expected continue to increase and reach 2.7 MMT in MY 2014.
