Turkey's poultry industry is benefiting greatly from the Russian ban on EU imports with a jump in its poultry meat exports from approximately 50 MT per month to almost 6,000 MT in October. The country is also set to be the beneficiary of a $300 million allocation from USDA's GSM-102 program.

  News Updates USDA Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102) allocations for FY 2015 were announced 5 November 2014 with $237 million directed to the Africa/Middle East region and $300 million to Turkey. These two appropriations are a small part of the overall $2.7 billion global GSM-102 program.While not strictly within the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region, it is of importance to note that Pakistan has imposed a 20 percent duty on all...