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Turkey's egg export value rose 54% in January-September
Turkey's egg export value rose 54% in January-September, reaching $418.7 million.
Eggs were the leading export among animal products, excluding seafood, during that period.
Bird flu outbreaks abroad shifted global trade, creating opportunities for Turkish exporters as some countries needed more imports.
Sales to several European Union countries rose sharply, while relaxed export quotas for small eggs also supported growth.
Turkey's main egg markets remain nearby Middle Eastern countries, and exporters have added markets in Africa and Europe.
The industry raised its 2026 target to $550 million, from $500 million last year, after export quotas were loosened.
Turkey’s egg export value rose 54% year on year to $418.676 million in January-September.
Eggs were the leading category in Turkey’s animal-product exports, excluding seafood, during the period.
Exports of table chicken eggs increased 132.4% in value to $153.15 million.
Bedri Girit, an exporters’ association vice-chair, attributed the rise to domestic market conditions and disease in the global poultry sector.
Girit said Turkey raised its 2026 year-end export target from $500 million to $550 million.
- Who
- Turkey’s egg sector and exporters.
- What
- Egg export value increased 54% to $418.676 million.
- When
- January-September 2026.
- Where
- Turkey; exports went to markets including the Middle East and Europe.
- Why
- Bedri Girit cited domestic market conditions and diseases in the global poultry sector.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Turkey’s egg sector exported $271.43 million worth of products.
Egg export value reached $418.676 million, up 54% year on year.
- Egg export value
- $418.676 million in January-September
- Year-on-year increase
- 54%
- Table chicken egg exports
- $153.15 million, up 132.4%
- Hatching egg exports
- $245.512 million
- 2026 year-end export target
- $550 million
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What people are saying
The occurrence of bird flu in some countries, for example the US and five European countries, is changing the balance of world trade, and sometimes an exporting country can become an importing country.
This situation enabled us to send a lot of products to European Union countries.
There is no cause for concern about the balance of supply and demand.