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The 2025 Food and Agriculture Import Regulations and Standards (FAIRS) Export Certificate Report for Türkiye lists the major export certificates and other requirements expected by the Turkish government for food and agricultural product exports to Türkiye.

The 2025 Food and Agriculture Import Regulations and Standards (FAIRS) Annual Country Report for Türkiye outlines specific requirements for importing food and agricultural products into Türkiye and should be read in conjunction with the 2025 FAIRS Export Certificate Report for Türkiye.

This report is being prepared for U.S. exporters seeking to export animal products and byproducts to Türkiye.

Sections Updated: Section I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, X and Appendix II

This report includes technical information and certificate requirements for food and agricultural product exports to the Republic of Korea.

On January 14, 2025, Korea’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) published new import health requirements (IHRs) for pet food, which are effective immediately. With the new IHRs, there is now a pathway to approve U.S. pet food products containing ruminant ingredients, which had been banned since 2003.

On December 31, 2024, Korea issued its flexible tariff Adjustment and Tariff Rate Quota list for certain agricultural, forestry and fishery products for calendar year (CY) 2025.

On January 7, 2025, the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry (MinAF) published changes to its pesticide maximum residue limits (MRLs) for food. Imports arriving after the publication of the revised regulation must comply with the new MRLs by April 7.

As of May 15, 2024, Turkiye’s Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry announced a ban on the importation of live cattle from the United States following confirmed Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) cases in some U.S. lactating dairy cows.

This report outlines specific requirements for importing food and agricultural products into Turkiye and should be read in conjunction with the 2024 FAIRS Export Certificate report.

As the fifth largest country export market for the United States, Korea provides a promising market for U.S. agricultural products. In 2023, Korea imported about $47 billion agricultural & related products from all over the world and the U.S...

On June 28, 2024, the Turkish government published biosafety decisions reapproving the import of seven genetically engineered (GE) corn events for feed (Bt11, DAS1507, DAS59122, NK603, GA21, MON89034, MON88017) which had expired, and provided new approvals for three enzymes produced from GE-Aspergillius oryzae for industrial purposes.