Turkey, amid record harvest, decided to export 500,000 tons of wheat

Amid a record harvest and a build-up of domestic stocks, Turkey has decided to export 500,000 tonnes of wheat, which will help reduce the oversupply and help realize the large harvest. The State Grain Agency TMO will hold a tender for the sale of 400,000 tonnes of milling wheat on November 17 and a tender for the sale of 100,000 tonnes of durum wheat on November 18.

 

According to the USDA FAS, Turkey harvested a record 23 million tons of wheat in 2026 due to favorable weather and high yields, resulting in a wheat stockpile of over 10 million tons at the state agency TMO. To reduce pressure on the domestic market, the country is stepping up export sales.

 

A large harvest will sharply reduce the need for imported wheat. According to the USDA FAS, Turkey will reduce grain imports by 56% in the 2026/27 MY to 2.8 million tons.

 

Previously, Turkey imported significant amounts of wheat, in particular from Ukraine, to provide raw materials for its flour and pasta production enterprises with further export of their products.

 

Thus, in 2024, the country imported 5.7 million tons of wheat, of which almost 800 thousand tons were from Ukraine.