TURKEY Emerging Markets Program: E08MXDBC01 Introducing US Pinto Beans into the Turkish Canning Industry Canning Market Report following Interviews with Turkish Canners February 23, 2009 J. Stobbs (Marketbase), 71 avenue Bosquet, 75007 Paris, FRANCE Tel. + 33 (0) 1 45 51 36 03 / Fax + 33 (0) 1 47 53 72 85 email:
[email protected] Turkey EMP (Emerging Markets Program) Purpose The purpose of this EMP activity is to encourage the Turkish canning sector to switch from using a domestically-produced speckled dry bean, the Barbunya, to the US speckled bean, the Pinto. N.B. This Report relates to Part A of a 3-part EMP project to promote US Pinto beans in Turkey. Part A of the EMP calls for one-on-one interviews with Turkish canners and a Canning Market Report. TURKISH CANNING MARKET REPORT Background Information regarding the US Pinto bean and the Turkish pulse market In 2008, the US produced 1.3 million MT of dry beans in a harvested area of 1.5 million acres. The US Pinto bean is by far the largest US dry bean class in volume (2008: 526,000 MT, 46% of total US dry bean production), making it highly price-competitive in world markets. The US exported 118,000 MT of US Pinto beans in 2008, an increase of 43% over the previous year. The value of US Pinto bean exports in 2008, worldwide, was $111 million (source: FAS). While most other US dry bean classes have seen a reduction in plantings, the Pinto bean, cultivated mainly in North Dakota, Minnesota and Nebraska, has shown growth.