The Japanese Admired Turkish Delicacies

While the Turkish food industry took its place with 51 companies at the Foodex Japan Fair, whose Turkish National Participation Organization was organized by the Aegean Exporters' Association, the Turkish pavilion was among the country pavilions that were most admired by the Japanese.

Mehmet Ali Işık, Sustainability and Organic Products Coordinator of the Aegean Exporters' Associations and President of the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters' Association, stated that they attended the Foodex Japan Fair after a 100-year preparation together with the Turkish Embassy in Tokyo due to the 1th anniversary of political relations between Turkey and Japan, and said that they were rewarded for their efforts. He stated that they were happy and proud to return to Turkey after leaving a very successful fair behind.

Explaining that they built a special stand at the Foodex Fair with products in which Turkey is strong, Işık said, “This year, we increased the number of participants at the Foodex Fair from 39 to 51, and enlarged the Turkey stand by 40 percent. At the stand where we exhibited the products in which we are strong, we gave directions to buyers at which stands they could find these products. We received a lot of appreciation from visitors. We also increased the number of visitors to our stands. We designed our stands in a more product-oriented, spacious and brighter way. We expanded the tasting area and turned it into an attraction center. We have reached today's level in the Japanese market in 30 years, but we will grow faster in the future. They have become a market that accepts Turkish products. We export a wide range of products, from pasta to seedless raisins, from fish to olive oil, from fruit and vegetable products to thirsty products. In the medium term, we will be in a position to export food products worth 1 billion dollars. As part of the Foodex Japan Fair, we held a reception at the Turkish Embassy in Tokyo on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Turkey-Japan political relations. Many Japanese buyers, especially the buyers of Aeon, one of Japan's largest grocery chains, attended this reception. It was a very productive meeting. "We would like to thank Turkey's Ambassador to Tokyo Korkut Güngen, our Tokyo Chief Commercial Counselor Mukaddes Nur Yılmaz and our Commercial Counselor Güzide Zeynep Karahisarlı for their unique hosting," he said.