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Global pasta production is set to exceed 17 million tons in 2025, while exports are expected to reach 7.5 million tons. Italy maintains its leadership, and Turkey continues its strong upward momentum with a target of 2 million tons in exports.

Despite recent bumper crops in key origins, the global durum wheat sector remains fragile. At the World Durum and Pasta Forum 2025 in Rome, leading analysts and industry executives warned that weather shocks, shrinking premiums over soft wheat, rising logistics costs, and shifting consumption patterns are undermining stability.

Commenting on the Turkish Grain Board’s (TMO) recent decision to set identical prices for bread and durum wheat, Gürsel Erbap, President of the Grain Suppliers Association (HUBUDER), emphasized that this policy must be managed carefully.

With rising global demand and shifting trade dynamics, the inaugural Russian Durum Day spotlighted Russia’s growing ambitions in the durum wheat market and its potential to become a key supplier for the global pasta industry.

The Turkish Grain Board (TMO), the public authority in Turkey’s grain sector, issued a statement to inform the public and industry stakeholders about its durum wheat export processes.