One of the leading representatives of pasta industry in Turkey, Golda Food had a booth at the Worldfood exhibition to support its activities related to exports. Providing information about pasta trade of Turkey at the exhibition, Özlem Çatav Tüylek, Food Export Manager of Golda Gıda said that the devaluation and quotas in the European Union influenced pasta exports negatively this year.
Despite all the difficulties in the world in 2015, the food sector continues to contribute to foreign trade, production, employment and exports. The devaluation, a stamp on this year, has caused a pause in Turkey’s exports, especially exports in the pasta.
Golda Gıda which continues to seek alternatives to closing world markets during this period took its place in Worldfood in order to increase the export gates and open the way for new investments. Having a word in the world pasta market and providing information about export amount of Turkey, Golda Gıda Export Manager Özlem Çatav Tüylek said: “Among food products of which raw material are wheat, pasta ranks first after bread in terms of production quantities and importance in nutrition. However, consumption of wheat in the form of pasta in the world in recent years show an increase compared to the consumption in the form of bread every day. The reason for pasta to be common is that it can be preserved for a long time, prepared easily and that it is an economical and nutritious food as well as its diversity.”
“PASTA EXPORT INCREASES DESPITE THE QUOTAS”
Reminding that in pasta consumption per capita in the World, Italy ranks first place with 26 kg, Venezuela’s second with 13 kg, while Tunisia third with 11.9 kg according to the figures of 2014, Tüylek said the per capita pasta consumption of Turkey is 7.5 kg in the same period. Evaluating the impact of quota practices and the devaluation on Turkey’s pasta exports in the continuation of her explanation, she stated: “The quotas European Union imposed for pasta exports of Turkey limit our sales a lot. For example, our exports to the EU countries as of July were caught to the quotas. So we could make sales only in the first 8 months of the year; we could not make sales to European countries in the remaining 4 months. Devaluation experienced in various parts of the world is one of the other factors that led to the fall in exports. However, despite all these factors Turkey’s export of pasta is increasing every year. As Golda, we are trying to protect last year’s export amount and we realize all our planning focusing on 2016.”