Turkey Suspends Certain Ag Exports

Turkey recently imposed temporary export bans on certain agricultural products to “stabilize” domestic market prices, the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service said in a March 15 report. The ban affects shipments of grains, oilseeds, cooking oil and other agricultural goods sourced from third countries being held at bonded warehouses at the country’s seaports, USDA said. Turkey also suspended direct exports of cooking oil, bulk olive oil shipments, margarine, red lentils and dry beans, the agency said, and could block other agricultural exports “at any time.”